MOSCOW, Jul 8The most difficult thing in organizing the first inauguration of Russian President Boris Yeltsin in 1991 was to persuade the head of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev to give a speech, who did not want to do this, and the ceremony itself was closed by Mikhail Glinka's «Patriotic Song», which Yeltsin loved very much, said one of the organizers Presidential inauguration and former secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Sergei Filatov. The first inauguration of Boris Yeltsin as the first president of Russia took place on July 10, 1991 after he won the first presidential election of the RSFSR on June 12, 1991, gaining more than 58% of the vote.< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/c64a6565ad81a505300390e29d74f1bc.jpg" />Dec 14, 2021 The secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Sergei Filatov and one of Yeltsin's closest associates, Gennady Burbulis, were then preparing and holding the event. Since this was the first experience, there were more than enough questions about the inauguration. It was important for the organizers not only to take the oath, which would last 10 minutes, but also to think over a full-fledged program that would be watched by a hall of 6,000 people. mostly family events, and the family was directly related to the inauguration, they should surround the new president. And we tried to do it our own way,» Filatov shared. jpg» />June 13, 02:04 American historian accused Clinton of deceiving Russia about non-expansion of NATO According to the latter, it was very important for Burbulis and Filatov to present their experience, so they «consulted with everyone» and tried to make such an inauguration that would be repeated to some extent in subsequent years by other Russian presidents. «But it didn't work out, each incoming president conducted the inauguration in his own way,» he noted. GORBACHEV'S SPEECH In addition to Yeltsin's oath, the inauguration program included a speech by Patriarch Alexy II, actor Oleg Basilashvili, who was a deputy at that time, and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. The last one was not easy for the organizers.December 5 2021 that when Boris Nikolayevich finishes his speech, Gorbachev will enter the hall, rise behind the podium, speak and leave,” Filatov said. According to him, in this way Gorbachev and his administration wanted to once again emphasize that he is the president of the USSR. I didn’t want to rise to the level of the Russian Federation, I wanted to emphasize once again that he is still higher — he is the president of the union, which includes the Russian Federation. But this is purely Gorbachev and his entourage — they always believed that they were the best, » Filatov said.
December 29, 2020, 16:12 Memoirs published, where Yeltsin explains «differences» with Gorbachev Another significant point of the ceremony itself was the speech of the patriarch. «It was very important for us to combine state interests and the interests of religion, so the second word had to be given to Patriarch Alexy II, who I would congratulate the president on this appointment,» Filatov said. In addition, the organizers decided to invite one of the deputies to speak, and their choice fell on Oleg Basilashvili. according to our views. We settled on Oleg Basilashvili. He gladly accepted this proposal, although he was worried, but he performed very brilliantly,» Filatov said. The event was chaired by Chairman of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR Ruslan Khasbulatov.December 25, 2021, 08:00 Gorbachev will see many more amazing things «Khasbulatov said a few words, then gave the floor to Patriarch Alexy II, then Basilashvili, then Boris Nikolayevich, and then Gorbachev. We got 40 minutes in time, this is quite enough for such an event , 6,000 people to drive for 5 minutes — it looks more like a mockery, but for 40 minutes it was normal,» Filatov said. At the end of the event, the «Patriotic Song» by Russian composer Mikhail Glinka was played. the event, the orchestra was behind a light curtain, so as if it was not visible, but it was visible, but the game was solemn,» Filatov shared. >December 8, 2021, 11:46 «I was shocked.» Shushkevich called the reason for the meeting in Belovezhskaya Pushcha AZERBAIJANIAN COGNAC There were almost no difficulties in preparing for the ceremony, but there were many interesting cases. One of them happened the night before the inauguration — July 9th. The organizers received a call from Anatoly Lukyanov, who was then the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, and asked for another 250 tickets, this aroused suspicion among Filatov and Burbulis, because at that time it was «not so easy» to distribute 250 tickets per night. «Just in case we thought that, perhaps, specifically for the provocation, they take so many tickets so that the seats remain empty, and the TV cameras showed that not everyone arrived. Therefore, we asked for reinforcements from the soldiers, who, just in case, could take these seats. We sat and waited , they will fill these places or we will have to fill them from the reserve. They did come. In any case, the hall was full,» Filatov recalls. /> February 2, 2012, 13:23 Gorbachev and Yeltsin remain the most unpopular of Russian leaders only 14% of those polled were correct, and Boris Yeltsin's policy — 17%. According to a similar survey in 2007, they also occupied the bottom lines of the rating. Another ridiculous difficulty occurred at the solemn part of the ceremony, where guests from the Union republics were present. «The question arose of what to give them to drink, we had only Azerbaijani brandy, and there were guests and from Georgia, and Armenia, and other republics, where each had its own cognacs. We thought for a long time what to do, because if you put one bottle, then others will get angry, they will look with offense. Therefore, we thought for a long time and decided on pour cognac into glasses, and then let them sort it out themselves,» Filatov shared.
