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Figure Period in power Reason for end of office
Nicholas II 1894-1917 Revolution
Alexander Kerensky 1917 Revolution
Vladimir Lenin 1917-24 Death   
Joseph Stalin 1924-53 Death
Nikita Khrushchev 1953-64 Conspiracy
Leonid Brezhnev 1964-82 Death
Yuri Andropov 1982-84 Death
Konstantin Chernenko 1984-85 Death
Mikhail Gorbachev 1985-91 Revolution
Boris Yeltsin 1991-99 Constitutional transfer of power
 

Yeltsin's Resignation (31 December 1999)
 
Yeltsin was the only one who left the Kremlin voluntarily before the end of his term
He handed over power to a successor, Vladimir Putin
Putin was appointed by him and approved by the parliament precisely as the law required
Yeltsin's departure was a peaceful constitutional procedure and set an important precedent
It served to entrench a system for the democratic transfer of power and preserve continuity and stability in politics
 
Highslide JS Boris Yeltsin Resignation Speech: 31 December 1999

(Video in Russian with the text of the speech in English)
 
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