Word: chernomyrdin
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Dates: during 1992-1992
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Gaidar's demise came after two weeks of turmoil at the Congress of People's Deputies. After compromises had collapsed and a constitutional crisis had been averted, Gaidar fared poorly in a vote, and a weary Yeltsin caved in to the conservatives. To succeed Gaidar, Yeltsin sullenly chose Victor Chernomyrdin, 54, a former Communist Party apparatchik from the powerful energy industry...