Alexander Rutskoy

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Alexander Rutskoy is a Russian politician and former Soviet Air Force officer who served as the first and only Vice President of Russia and played a key role in the 1993 constitutional crisis opposing Boris Yeltsin.

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Alexander Vladimirovich Rutskoy 1
Rutskoy 1

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instanceOf Soviet Air Force officer
human
military officer
politician
alive true
awardReceived Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Red Star
conflict Soviet–Afghan War
countryOfCitizenship Russia
Soviet Union
countryOfResidence Russia
dateOfBirth 1947-09-16
detainedBy Russian authorities
detentionReason opposition to Yeltsin during 1993 crisis
educatedAt Borisoglebsk Higher Military Aviation School
Gagarin Air Force Academy
electedIn 1991 Russian presidential election
endTime 1993-10-04
ethnicGroup Russian
familyName Alexander Rutskoy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rutskoy
givenName Alexander
languageSpoken Russian
memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Russian political opposition
militaryBranch Soviet Air Forces
militaryRank colonel
name Alexander Rutskoy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alexander Vladimirovich Rutskoy
notableWork opposition to Boris Yeltsin during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
officeContested President of Russia
officeEndTime (acting President of Russia) 1993-10-04
officeEndTime (Governor of Kursk Oblast) 2000
officeEndTime (Vice President of Russia) 1993-10-04
officeStartTime (acting President of Russia) 1993-09-22
officeStartTime (Governor of Kursk Oblast) 1996
officeStartTime (Vice President of Russia) 1991-07-10
opposed Boris Yeltsin
participantIn 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
placeOfBirth Proskuriv
Soviet Union
Soviet Ukraine
surface form: Ukrainian SSR
politicalAlignment nationalist
positionHeld Governor of Kursk Oblast
Vice President of Russia
President of the Russian Federation
surface form: acting President of Russia
releasedIn 1994
startTime 1991-07-10

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Alexander Rutskoy familyName Alexander Rutskoy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rutskoy
Alexander Rutskoy name Alexander Rutskoy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Alexander Vladimirovich Rutskoy