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Events on Wednesday 10 July 1991 1
1991 – 1999Yeltsin presidencyFirst President of Russia — 1991 to 1999Yeltsin was elected President of Russia on July 10, 1991 and resigned on December 31, 1999, handing power to Putin. His presidency saw the chaotic privatisation of state assets, two Chechen Wars, a constitutional crisis in 1993 and Russia's first democratic elections.