Boris Yeltsin, whose reign fell tothe most difficult, perhaps, period in the newest Russian history, receives today the most ambiguous assessments on the part of politicians, journalists and the society itself. In this article, we will recall the main pages of "dashing nineties" in the history of our country.
President Boris Yeltsin: years of government
A logical consequence of the Gorbachev course,manifested in the decentralization of power both in the public sphere and in the administrative in the capitals of the national republics, the disintegration of the Soviet Union began. The Belovezhskaya Agreement, which finally and documentarily issued the peaceful divorce of the republics on a comprehensive basis and the creation of an informal friendly organization - the CIS, was signed by the Russian Federation already by Boris Yeltsin, whose years of rule were followed by this act.
The first half of the 1990s was markedunprecedented growth of crime, insane inflation, impoverished impoverishment of the people, the emergence of a new category of the population-the so-called new Russians, and with them the catastrophically numerous growth of impoverished citizens. Approximately this was the result of the first years of the new president's reign.
The logical consequence of the deplorable processes was the growthopposition sentiments in society and support for alternative political forces. Their stronghold in 1993 was the Supreme Soviet, where both the Communists and the nationalists were concentrated. The confrontation between the opposition and the head of state was further complicated by the fact that Russian President Boris Yeltsin received tremendous powers during the 1992 shock therapy, which allowed him to legitimately dissolve the parliament. In the opinion of the parliament, the term of these powers had to expire, because they were given only for the period of necessary decisive actions in the first two years of independence. This confrontation ended with a well-known fact: the shooting of the parliament building and the president's complete victory.
The first half of the 1990s stood out for thisthe republic is even more difficult than for the rest of the country: the complete absence of federal control has led to a decisive impoverishment of the population, an increase in crime, a real ethnic cleansing and the formation of radical anti-government forces here. Underestimation of these forces 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 conscript soldiers and provoking a comprehensive condemnation of the actions of the federal bodies. But it was the signing of the ceasefire in the form of the Khasavyurt agreements and the return of soldiers home, not least that allowed Boris Nikolayevich to win his next election in 1996.
Boris Yeltsin: years of government in the second term
Unfortunately, the Khasavyurt agreements are notbrought peace to either Chechnya or the rest of Russia. They only postponed the problem, which the next president had to decide. Perhaps the most significant episode of the second term of the first president was the financial default in the country. It is difficult to judge unambiguously whether the economic policy and decrees during the reign of Yeltsin were to blame. The fact is that the state's economy directly depended on oil exports, and the fall in oil prices was the main reason for the collapse of the domestic economy.
Whatever it was, with the departure of the first president of Russia, an entire era with its disasters left, but with the laid foundation for further, albeit not so significant, positive shifts.
