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1991 establishments in Russia

  • President of RussiaIn 1993, violence erupted across Moscow during a constitutional crisis that reshaped the nation. Boris Yeltsin had been elected president of the Russian…
  • Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)The Foreign Intelligence Service traces its lineage to a specific date on the 20th of December 1920. Vladimir Lenin established the Special Section of the…
  • Constitutional Court of RussiaOn the 25th of December 1989, the Soviet Union passed the Constitutional Control in the USSR Act. This legislation marked the first time judicial review…
  • Russia-1The year 1956 marked the birth of a television channel that would eventually become Russia-1. It launched as Programme Two on February 14, broadcasting in…