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30 years ago in Russia a full-scale war between the two branches of power - the president and the parliament - was in full swing. It was only by a miracle that this war did not turn into an actual civil war. Boris Yeltsin decided to act harshly and shelled the parliament house with tanks on the morning of October 4, having taken absolute power in Russia into his own hands with this action. How did Russia get to this point? What were both sides fighting for, and could it really have been avoided?
00:00 - Introduction
02:26 - Background
07:03 - How the government was organized before 1993
11:37 - Constitutional crisis
18:31 - What's next and who's to blame?
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Hey there. Somehow you found my video and decided to watch it. So let me introduce myself. I'm Sergei and I'm from Russia. My channel is about my native country. I want to tell English-speaking viewers about the real Russia, about its past and present. Unfortunately, you can find a lot of propaganda about Russia on the Internet, both from the Russian media and from the Western ones. I want to tell you about Russia, as it really is, the country in which I was born, grew up, and lived all my life.
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30 years ago in Russia a full-scale war between the two branches of power - the president and the parliament - was in full swing. It was only by a miracle that this war did not turn into an actual civil war. Boris Yeltsin decided to act harshly and shelled the parliament house with tanks on the morning of October 4, having taken absolute power in Russia into his own hands with this action. How did Russia get to this point? What were both sides fighting for, and could it really have been avoided?
00:00 - Introduction
02:26 - Background
07:03 - How the government was organized before 1993
11:37 - Constitutional crisis
18:31 - What's next and who's to blame?
Special thanks to my Patrons:
Petar Ilic, Jordan LaMothe, Kirill Klimuk; Simon Böse; Steak221; Yelizaveta Zakharova; Adam Stakhanov; Devon Hodgson; Mike Pearce; Niels Dowgwillo; Ravenghast; Sarah McMaster; Triskelia; Petar Kerelov; Yuval Carmon; Peter Lassen; Jimmy Albin; Eli; Michael; College Russian; Bruce Eternick
If you'd like to support the channel:
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Hey there. Somehow you found my video and decided to watch it. So let me introduce myself. I'm Sergei and I'm from Russia. My channel is about my native country. I want to tell English-speaking viewers about the real Russia, about its past and present. Unfortunately, you can find a lot of propaganda about Russia on the Internet, both from the Russian media and from the Western ones. I want to tell you about Russia, as it really is, the country in which I was born, grew up, and lived all my life.
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