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Alexander Vladimirovich Rutskoy (Russian: Александр Владимирович Руцкой; born 16 September 1947) is a Russian politician and former Soviet military officer who served as the only vice president of Russia [note 1] from 1991 to 1993.
The president launched his offensive on 1 September when he attempted to suspend Vice President Rutskoy, a key adversary. [18] Rutskoy, elected on the same ticket as Yeltsin in 1991, was the president's automatic successor.
- Moscow, Russia
Oct 4, 2023 · The violent clashes in October 1993 between government forces and supporters of the rebellious parliament followed a long showdown between Yeltsin and hard-line lawmakers who opposed his chaotic and painful free-market reforms. Yeltsin’s vice president, Alexander Rutskoi, sided with the rebel lawmakers.
Mid-afternoon, a crowd of several thousand had unexpectedly come marching down the ring road and attacked police barricades from behind. Simultaneously, armed men, led by Vice President Aleksandr Rutskoy, had swarmed out of the White House.
Rutskoy served as the only Vice President of Russia from 10 July 1991 to 4 October 1993, and as the Governor of Kursk Oblast from 1996 to 2000. In the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, he was made acting President of Russia, [2] [3] in opposition to President Boris Yeltsin.
Oct 2, 2023 · When Khasbulatov and Rutskoi incited armed gangs of anti-Yeltsin protesters to attack the Ostankino television studio, the nerve center of Russia's broadcast media, and the Moscow mayor's office,...
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Born in Proskuriv, Ukraine (modern Khmelnytskyi), Rutskoy served with great distinction as an air force officer during the Soviet–Afghan War, for which he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
