Second inauguration of Boris Yeltsin
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| Date | 9 August 1996 |
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| Location | State Kremlin Palace Moscow |
| Participants | President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin Assuming office President of the Constitutional Court of Russia, Vladimir TumanovAdministering oath |
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The second inauguration of Boris Yeltsin as the president of Russia took place on Friday, 9 August 1996. The ceremony was held at the State Kremlin Palace and lasted about thirty minutes.
It was originally planned to hold a ceremony at the Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin, but in order to save money this idea was abandoned.