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| Burial of Nicholas II Kirienko, Sergey Vladilenovich |  |
| 17th July Russia buries Tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died |
| Burial of Nicholas II Nicholas II | |
| 17th July Russia buries Tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died |
| Dismissal Kirienko, Sergey Vladilenovich | |
| 23rd Aug In the midst of Russia's worst post-Soviet currency crisis, Yeltsin fires Kiriyenko and re-nominates Chernomyrdin Prime Minister |
| Dismissal Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 23rd Mar Yeltsin fires the entire cabinet, including prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, and replaces him with little-known former Energy Minister Sergei Kiriyenko |
| 23rd Aug In the midst of Russia's worst post-Soviet currency crisis, Yeltsin fires Kiriyenko and re-nominates Chernomyrdin Prime Minister |
| Economy Kirienko, Sergey Vladilenovich | |
| 23rd Aug In the midst of Russia's worst post-Soviet currency crisis, Yeltsin fires Kiriyenko and re-nominates Chernomyrdin Prime Minister |
| Economy Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Aug The Russian economy collapses and the resulting financial crisis that would see the ruble lose 75 percent of its value over the next year sinks Yeltsin's popularity |
| 23rd Aug In the midst of Russia's worst post-Soviet currency crisis, Yeltsin fires Kiriyenko and re-nominates Chernomyrdin Prime Minister |
| KGB Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 20th Aug Named head of Russia's FSB domestic intelligence agency |
| Prime Minister Chernomydrin, Viktor Stepanovich | |
| 14th Dec Moscow Appointed Prime Minister of Russia, 2nd term |
| Prime Minister Kirienko, Sergey Vladilenovich | |
| The Duma twice rejects Kiriyenko's nomination, but confirms him, under the threat of dissolution, in a third vote |
| 23rd Mar Yeltsin sacks his entire cabinet, including Chernomyrdin, he names liberal former Energy Minister Sergei Kiriyenko acting Prime Minister. |
| Prime Minister Primakov, Yevgeniy Maksimovich | |
| 11th Sep Moscow President Yeltsin yields to pressure from the communist-dominated Duma to appoint Yevgeny Primakov as Prime Minister |
| Prime Minister Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 11th Sep President Yeltsin yields to pressure from the communist-dominated Duma to appoint Yevgeny Primakov as Prime Minister |
