Participation of representatives of the Yaroslavl regional elite A.I. Lisitsyn, E.B. Mizulina and D.A. Starodubtsev in the elections to the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in 1993

This study examines the election campaign to elect representatives of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the Yaroslavl Region in 1993 and its results. We examine the political context against which the elections took place, as well as give a brief overview of the election campaign in different regions of the country. The programs of the main candidates, their goals and objectives implemented during the election campaign, as well as the process of summing up the results of the vote are analyzed. An attempt was made to explain the success of some candidates and the failure of other candidates, to find out the specific reasons that contributed to the success of candidates A.I. Lisitsyn and E. B. Mizulina, as well as the defeat of their opponent D.A. Starodubtsev. The studied events are presented in a nationwide context, and the process of establishing legal procedures related to the formation of the upper house of the Federal Assembly is also being studied, for the first and last time in the recent domestic history elected in the course of direct. The social and political composition of the Federation Council of the first convocation is presented. The study is based on a wide range of archival and published sources, as well as research literature.

elections, vote, political parties, The Federation Council, The Federal Assembly, legislature, deputies