Russian presidential election, 1991
The presidential election in Russia in 1991 took place on 12 June 1991. She introduced the first democratic presidential election in Russian history dar.
Had not yet been resolved, since their time, the Soviet Union and Russia thus was not an independent state, was in this election, determined as the only one in the history of Russia, the President of the Russian SFSR. She was also the first and last election in which was determined simultaneously with the President, the Vice President. This item was dissolved two years later with the entry into force of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Also, a special feature of this choice over all the successor elections was the five -year term to be elected President of the - in the Constitution of 1993, she was reduced to four years.