Timeline
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1613 : Mikhail Romanov, elected tzar ( khan ) of Russia
1917 : The End of Absolute Monarchy in Russia.
1917 : October coup d'etat.New Age of Dictatorship.
1917-1924 : Lenin, the first nonelected Dictator
1924-1953 : Stalin, nonelected Dictator 2
1953-1964 : Khrushchev, nonelected Dictator 3
1964-1982 : Brezhnev, nonelected Dictator 4
1982-1984 : Andropov, nonelected Dictator 5
1984-1985 : Chernenko, nonelected Dictator 6
1985-1991 : Gorbachev, the last nonelected Dictator, elected USSR President.
1991-1996,1996-1999 : Yeltsin, the first in history elected President of Russia
1999-2004,2004-2008 : Putin, elected President of Russia
2008-2012 : Medvedev, elected President of Russia
2011 : September coup d'etat by President Medvedev and prime minister Putin
2011 : December Duma pseudo- Elections. Mass resistance against robust Constitution of 1993. Lack of democratic experience in Putin - Medvedev government. Butterfly effect of Russian awakening of Human Freedom.