Russia's Constitutional Crisis, 1993 (EL-RCC93) : Ephemera Collection 

• Product Details

  Product #

  2329279D

  Country of Publication

  United States 

  Language

  Russian 

  Publisher

  East View Information Services  

  Platform

  Universal Database (UDB) 

  Subject

  Government / Political Parties

   

• Description

  The 1993 confrontation between Russian President Boris Yeltsin and the Russian parliament, referred to in the West as the 1993 Constitutional Crisis in Russia, was one of the most consequential political development in the early days of post-Soviet Russia. Ending in bloodshed and ultimately in Boris Yeltsin’s victory over his political rivals, the crisis turned violent shortly after Yeltsin’s initiative to dissolve the Congress of People’s Deputies and its Supreme Council on September 21, 1993 despite the absence of such a legislative provision in the Russian Constitution. The present database contains a collection of rare flyers, leaflets, newspapers, documents and other ephemera produced during the heady days of the conflict by the conflicting sides. As such it allows researchers a unique insight into the crisis as it was unfolding with participants trying to shape and steer the narrative in their favor.