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Former Chief of Presidential Protocol Vladimir Shevchenko: "We used Aleksandr II's coronation ceremony as a point of reference."

KP explores the planning process behind Medvedev's inauguration as president

05.05.2008
Russia's first presidential inauguration was held on March 14, 1990, still in the Soviet Union. The Soviet Constitution was officially removed at the Convention of State Deputies, Mikhail Gorbachev was sworn in as president and the brief ceremony came to an end.
 
Boris Yeltsin's inauguration to his first-term as president was held on July 10, 1991 at a meeting of the Russian Supreme Soviet. He was sworn in on the Constitution of Soviet Russia. The Constitution of the new Russia wasn't passed until later in 1993. By keeping the ceremonies short, the Russian state inadvertently avoided the painstaking process of planning elaborate presidential inaugurations.

Инаугурация президента Путина в 2000 и 2004 годах (на снимке вверху) проходила в том же Андреевском зале Московского Кремля, где в 1856-м был коронован российский император Александр II (на картине внизу).
Putin's presidential inauguration in 2000 and 2004 (above) was held at St. Andrew's Hall in Moscow's Grand Kremlin Palace. In 1856, Emperor Aleksandr II was crowned there (below).
Photo: AP
 
Russia began doing so in August 1996 when Yeltsin took office his second term. Official presidential symbols appeared, including a special copy of the Russian Constitution (which is used to swear in the president). The patriarchy also participated in the ceremony for the first time. However, the entire procedure was held at the Grand Kremlin Palace and lasted a mere 17 minutes as Yeltsin felt ill.

Дмитрий Медведев также не раз в этом зале проводил рабочие заседания.
Dmitry Medvedev hasn't yet held a meeting at St. Andrew's Hall.
It's fair to say that Russia's "presidential inauguration" tradition began with Vladimir Putin in 2000. He was sworn in as president on May 7 and the date has remained ever since. An analogy can be drawn with the U.S., which also has fixed election and inauguration dates, January 20.
 
A detailed script was put together for the 2000 presidential inauguration. The organization team turned to the tsar's archives for ideas as to how plan the event. Specifically, Aleksandr II's coronation ceremony was used as a starting point for mapping out Russia's presidential inauguration. St. Andrew's Hall was selected as the location for the event as it once housed the tsar's throne.
 
Watch them both
 
The presidential inauguration will be broadcasted on Channel One, Russia and TV Center
 
Three state TV channels will broadcast the presidential inauguration on May 7 — Channel One, Russia and TV Center.
 
"The Grand Ceremony of Dmitry Medvedev's Presidential Inauguration" [ed. The official name of the event.] will commence at 11:40 and last one hour. Two TV commentators will report on the inauguration — Ekaterina Andreeva (news program, "Time," Channel One) and Sergey Brilev (Fifth Studio, Russia). Broadcasting regulations for such high-profile events only permit the same images to be used on all channels.

 

 

 

 

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