Aleksandr Rutskoy
| Alexander Rutskoy | |
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| Александр Руцкой | |
Alexander Rutskoy in 2016
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| Governor of Kursk Oblast | |
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In office 23 October 1996 – 18 November 2000 |
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| President |
Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Vasily Shuteev |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Mikhaylov |
| Acting President of Russia | |
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In office 22 September 1993 – 4 October 1993 |
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| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Vice President of Russia | |
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In office 10 July 1991 – 4 October 1993 |
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| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 September 1947 Proskuriv, Ukrainian SSR  Soviet Union
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| Citizenship |
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| Political party | A Just Russia |
| Spouse(s) | Nellie Zolotukhin (div.) Lyudmila Novikova (div.) Irina Popova |
| Children | Dmitry Alexander Rostislav Catherine |
| Religion | Russian Orthodox |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union (1988) |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | 1971–1993 |
| Boris Yeltsin expelled Rutskoy from army after his victory in the 1993 coup d'état | |
Alexander Vladimirovich Rutskoy (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Руцко́й) (born 16 September 1947) is a Russian politician and a former Soviet military officer. Rutskoy served as the only Vice President of Russia from 10 July 1991 to 4 October 1993, and as the Governor of Kursk Oblast from 1996 to 2000. In the course of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, he was proclaimed acting President of Russia, in opposition to Boris Yeltsin.
Alexander Rutskoy was born in Proskuriv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (today Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine). Rutskoy graduated from High Air Force School in Barnaul (1971) and Gagarin Air Force Academy in Moscow (1980). He had reached the rank of Colonel when he was sent to Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan, Rutskoy served as the commander of a Soviet air assault regiment. During the war, his aircraft was shot down twice, but on both occasions he managed to eject safely. On one of these two occasions, his aircraft entered Pakistani airspace, and suffered multiple strikes, forcing Rutskoy to eject. Rutskoy ejected safely, but was captured by local people and was briefly held as a POW in Pakistan For his bravery, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1988. He was chosen by Boris Yeltsin to be his vice-presidential running mate in the 1991 Russian presidential election.
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