Yeltsin (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
Yeltsin's % of vote in 1989 Moscow election
Yeltsin's % of vote in 1989 Moscow election
89 per cent
When Yeltsin became Chair of Russian Congress
When Yeltsin became Chair of Russian Congress
May 1990
When Russian Congress declared Russia's sovereignty
When Russian Congress declared Russia's sovereignty
June 1990
When Yeltsin resigned from Communist Party
When Yeltsin resigned from Communist Party
July 1990
When Yeltsin elected Russian President
When Yeltsin elected Russian President
June 1991
Yeltsin's advice to Soviet republics on sovereignty
Yeltsin's advice to Soviet republics on sovereignty
Take as much sovereignty as you can swallow
% of Yeltsin's govt from Gorbachev middle-ranking posts
% of Yeltsin's govt from Gorbachev middle-ranking posts
70 per cent
What Yeltsin organized in response to August 1991 coup
What Yeltsin organized in response to August 1991 coup
Counter-coup
Organization Yeltsin supported to replace Soviet Union
Organization Yeltsin supported to replace Soviet Union
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
City where Yeltsin condemned Soviet violence (1991)
City where Yeltsin condemned Soviet violence (1991)
Vilnius