Essays Tagged: "Yeltsin"

Why did Putin engage in federal reform as his immediate priority on coming to power? What were the main aspects of his policy?

n, there was fragmentation among Russia's regions, and contesting definitions of sovereignty. Under Yeltsin there was an asymmetrical growth in the federal authorities, with regions being given free r ... agreement. Other regions, such as Tatarstan began to assertively pursue their own foreign policies.Yeltsin, however, was prepared to sign what he would later term "political" agreements with errant r ...

(13 pages) 70 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

To what extent does the legislature restrict the power of the Russian President?

Communist Party of the USSR) the role has been more greatly defined by the Russian statesman, Boris Yeltsin. Yeltsin's ability in gaining control of the Russian Federation at the time in which he did ... ut also the indirect powers that have been expressed during the terms of its early Presidents Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin. Although comparisons can be drawn between the role of the Russian presid ...

(9 pages) 45 0 3.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

Russian federation country study

r winning a national referendum on August 15, 1993 in which the electorate was asked to endorse the Yeltsin's reform policy, he convened a constitutional assembly to ratify his version of the new cons ... contention to replace the constitution under which the Soviet Union was nominally ruled. Other than Yeltsin's constitution which became the one implemented, the two other variants were the communist d ...

(38 pages) 121 0 4.6 May/2005

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays