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  1. 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.

  2. 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
  3. 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.

  4. Yeltsin used the results of the referendum of April 1993 to justify his actions. In response, the Parliament declared that the President’s decision was null and void, impeached Yeltsin and proclaimed Vice President Aleksandr Rutskoy to be acting President.

  5. 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.

  6. Oct 3, 2018 · Russia's 1993 crisis still shaping Kremlin. Roman Goncharenko. 10/03/2018. In 1993, a constitutional crisis threatened to topple Russia's government. With Western support, President Boris Yeltsin...

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  8. RUTSKOI, ALEXANDER VLADIMIROVICH. (b. 1947), vice president of the Russian Federation, governor of Kursk Oblast, general-major of aviation, Hero of the Soviet Union. Alexander Rutskoi was born on September 16, 1947 in Kmelnitsky, Ukraine, to a professional military family.

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