Boris Yeltsin, during the reign of which fell on the difficult, perhaps, a period in modern Russian history, received today the most mixed reviews from politicians, journalists and the society itself.In this article, we remember the main pages of "dashing nineties" in the history of our country.
President Boris Yeltsin: the reign
logical consequence of Gorbachev's course, manifested in the decentralization of power in the public sphere and in the administrative capitals of the national republics, was the collapse of the Soviet Union.Belovezhskoe agreement definitively and documented peaceful divorce of the republics of a comprehensive agreement and the creation of an informal friendly organization - CIS, signed by the Russian Federation, Boris Yeltsin, has, during the reign which followed this act.
first half of the 1990s was marked by unprecedented until then rising crime, insane inflation, the rapid impoverishment of the people, the emergence of new categories of the population - the so-called new Russian, and with them and dramatically increasing many impoverished citizens.Roughly this was the result of the first years of the new president.
logical consequence of the deplorable process has been the growth of opposition sentiment in society and support for alternative political forces.Their stronghold in 1993 became the Supreme Council, which focused Communists and nationalists.Confronting opposition and the head of state was complicated by the fact that Russian President Boris Yeltsin during the shock therapy in 1992 received an extremely broad powers to dissolve parliament legitimately.According to the Parliament, the term of these powers have had to elapse since they were given only for the period needed for decisive action in the first two years of independence.That conflict ended with the known fact: the shooting of the parliament building and the complete victory prezidenta.Do now this event receives a variety of estimates: for someone it is like a coup for someone decisive resolution of the situation (without which the country was plunged into a long-term would be a mess, andbloody chaos of political confrontations), which is implemented by Boris Yeltsin.During the reign of the man, among others, and marked the Chechen war, which still raises strong emotions in the hearts of our fellow citizens.
first half of 1990 stood out for the republic even more severe than for the rest of the country: a complete lack of federal control has led to a drastic impoverishment of the population, an increase in crime, ethnic cleansing and this is the formation of radical anti-government forces.Underestimating these forces has led to the fact that instead of a quick solution to the Chechen problem the conflict dragged on for many months, taking the lives of many conscripts and causing a comprehensive condemnation of the actions of the federal authorities.But it was the signing of the armistice in the form of the Khasavyurt agreements and returning soldiers home, not least helped Boris Nikolayevich win their next election in 1996.
Boris Yeltsin: the reign of the second period
Unfortunately, the Khasavyurt agreements have not brought any appeasement of Chechnya, nor the rest of Russia.They only postpone the problem, which had to be solved by the next president.Perhaps the most significant episode of the second term of the first president was the financial default in the country.It is difficult to clearly judge whether to blame the economic policies and decrees in the Yeltsin years.The fact that the state's economy directly dependent on oil exports and the fall in oil prices was the main reason for the collapse of the national economy.
Whatever it was, with the departure of the first president of Russia has left a whole era with its catastrophes, but also laid the foundation for further, albeit not as significant, positive changes.
