1991 Russian presidential election

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election in Russia presidential election

The 1991 Russian presidential election was the first popular vote for the presidency of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, resulting in Boris Yeltsin becoming its inaugural elected president during the final months of the Soviet Union.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Boris Yeltsin became inaugural elected president of the RSFSR	1

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	election in Russia ⓘ presidential election ⓘ
constitutionalImpact	strengthened role of the Russian presidency within the RSFSR ⓘ
country	Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
electorate	citizens of the RSFSR eligible to vote ⓘ
elects	President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
followedBy	1996 Russian presidential election ⓘ
follows	creation of the office of President of the RSFSR ⓘ
hasInauguralOfficeholder	Boris Yeltsin ⓘ
hasWinner	Boris Yeltsin ⓘ
historicalImportance	first time Russian head of state was chosen by popular vote ⓘ
isFirst	first popular vote for the presidency of the RSFSR ⓘ
ledTo	consolidation of Boris Yeltsin’s political authority in Russia ⓘ
location	Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
occursDuring	final months of the Soviet Union ⓘ
officeContested	President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ surface form: President of the RSFSR
partOf	history of Russia ⓘ history of the Soviet Union ⓘ
politicalContext	period of perestroika and collapse of the Soviet Union ⓘ
precededBy	appointment-based leadership of the RSFSR ⓘ
relatedTo	dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ emergence of the Russian Federation as a sovereign state ⓘ
result	1991 Russian presidential election self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Boris Yeltsin became inaugural elected president of the RSFSR
significance	marked the beginning of an elected Russian presidency ⓘ
type	direct popular vote ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nikolai Ryzhkov → candidateInElection → 1991 Russian presidential election ⓘ

Alexander Rutskoy → electedIn → 1991 Russian presidential election ⓘ

Boris Yeltsin (as President of the RSFSR) in 1991 → election → 1991 Russian presidential election ⓘ

1991 Russian presidential election → result → 1991 Russian presidential election self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boris Yeltsin became inaugural elected president of the RSFSR