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Boris Yeltsin wins Russia's first popular presidential election

Boris Yeltsin was elected president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in the first direct popular vote for that office, defeating Communist Party candidates.

Boris Yeltsin wins Russia's first popular presidential election

Yeltsin's victory marked a major shift in Soviet/Russian politics toward nationalist and reformist leadership, reshaping U.S.-Soviet relations and accelerating the political changes the Bush administration had to navigate.

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