An invitation to a celebration in honor of the beginning of Boris Yeltsin's presidential term

Boris Yeltsin is a Soviet and Russian statesman and politician who went down in history as a reformer politician. A civil engineer by profession, he went from master and foreman to chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR and twice president Of Russia.

Boris Yeltsin was elected the first president of the Russian Federation on June 12, 1991, the first democratic presidential election since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The postcard contains an invitation to a solemn meeting of the Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR in honor of the beginning of Boris Yeltsin's presidential term, a month after his election.

On July 10, at 10 a.m., Yeltsin took the presidential oath: "I swear, in exercising the powers of the President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, to observe the Constitution and laws of the RSFSR, protect its sovereignty, respect and protect the rights and freedoms of man and citizen, the rights of the peoples of the RSFSR and faithfully fulfill the duties assigned to me by the people."

Seven candidates participated in the first presidential election, but the main competitors were Boris Yeltsin and Nikolai Ryzhkov. Despite the fact that Yeltsin refused to participate in debates with other candidates for the post of president of the RSFSR, he won 57% of the vote. This is largely due to the fact that the other candidates represented more conservative views and law enforcement agencies.