The Seeds
of Change
uIn 1990 the
Central Committee
and the Soviet parliament
agreed to change the
constitution to allow non-Communist
parties.
uIn March 1990 the voters of Russia gave the Democrats a narrow victory.
uDemocrat Boris
Yeltsin was elected
chairman of the assembly
by a razor-thin margin
in May.
uOn June 12, 1991,
he was elected the first
President of Russia,
in a republic-wide popular
election contested by six
candidates.
