The modern history of Russia began with the Russian SFSR, a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, gaining more political and economical autonomy amidst the imminent dissolution of the USSR during
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S President Donald Trump posing for a photo during the 2025 Russia–United States Summit.
President Yeltsin celebrating the victory of the August 1991 coup attempt.
Russia's GDP by purchasing power parity (PPP) from 1991 to 2019 (in international dollars)
A street flea market in Rostov-on-Don, 1992
In September and October 1993, a constitutional crisis arose in the Russian Federation from a conflict between the then Russian president Boris Yeltsin and the country's parliament. Yeltsin performed
History of the Russian Federation
…Gaidar was appointed acting Prime Minister of the new cabinet in June 1992, thus turning the country into a semi-presidential republic, and after the 1993 constitutional crisis, which presidential forces won, turned into a "super-presidential" (semi-presidential but with strong presidential powers and Prime Minister accountable…
The White House in October 1993, soon after the assault of government troops supported by tanks
Yeltsin speaking at a meeting of his supporters on 28 March 1993
Memory action in 2019. The plaque, showing Yeltsin with a bottle of vodka, says "Nothing is forgotten, no one is forgiven".