How Putin Took Over Russia
Understory
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On New Year’s Eve 1999, Boris Yeltsin resigned and Vladimir Putin became acting president. Getting the office was only the beginning.
This documentary follows the appointments, public appearances, war, election and first-term changes that helped turn Yeltsin’s successor into a president with power of his own. Period footage and genuine documents explain regional oversight, NTV’s takeover, the Khodorkovsky case, economic recovery and the 2004 election.
0:00 I am leaving - Yeltsin's speech
0:32 The man already in the office
2:01 Yeltsin chooses a successor
3:50 War, security and public support
6:08 The acting president becomes a candidate
8:02 Power beyond the presidency
9:55 Public questions and private ownership
10:35 What happened to NTV
12:51 Khodorkovsky and the limits of wealth
14:15 Recovery and genuine support
15:13 A stronger second mandate
Research includes declassified U.S. records, OSCE election-observation reports, Human Rights Watch, the European Court of Human Rights, PACE and IMF analysis. Allegations, court findings and political assessments are distinguished in the narration.
Archival sources include Kremlin.ru / Presidential Press and Information Office (CC BY 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, the Bundesarchiv and U.S. government records. Courtesy; William J. Clinton Presidential Library. NTV protest photographs: Yabloko (CC BY 4.0). Map data: Natural Earth, public domain. Footage is excerpted, cropped and edited; original archival speech is identified and translated. Additional portraits and places: Leo Medvedev (Sobchak, CC BY-SA 4.0); Anton Nossik (Gusinsky, CC BY-SA 2.0); Bogomolov.PL (Zyuganov, CC BY-SA 3.0); A.Savin (Lubyanka, CC BY-SA 3.0); Obakeneko (Tolmachevo, CC BY 3.0); Kpalion (Moscow/Kremlin, CC BY-SA 3.0); James G. Howes (St Petersburg, attribution permission); official White House Clinton portrait (public domain). Photos are cropped, masked or rendered as printed cutouts. Adapted photographs retain their original licences. Per-asset links and alteration notes accompany this local delivery in sources.md and CREDITS.md. Small hidden background regions are reconstructed for photo parallax; original people and archival events are preserved.
Music: Whispers In The Attic, Grit, Cinematic Visions, Dark Entries, Last Time I Saw Her, Hard Luck Story and Our World — Coverr. Edited and mixed for this episode. SFX: Kenney/CC0, previously documented user-owned recordings, and a user-supplied cassette effect; per-file provenance retained with the local delivery.
Original English narration uses the channel’s synthetic documently voice. Thumbnails are editorial designs derived from licensed period photographs.
#Documentary #RussianHistory #Putin
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How Putin Took Over Russia
Understory
16,397 views
On New Year’s Eve 1999, Boris Yeltsin resigned and Vladimir Putin became acting president. Getting the office was only the beginning.
This documentary follows the appointments, public appearances, war, election and first-term changes that helped turn Yeltsin’s successor into a president with power of his own. Period footage and genuine documents explain regional oversight, NTV’s takeover, the Khodorkovsky case, economic recovery and the 2004 election.
0:00 I am leaving - Yeltsin's speech
0:32 The man already in the office
2:01 Yeltsin chooses a successor
3:50 War, security and public support
6:08 The acting president becomes a candidate
8:02 Power beyond the presidency
9:55 Public questions and private ownership
10:35 What happened to NTV
12:51 Khodorkovsky and the limits of wealth
14:15 Recovery and genuine support
15:13 A stronger second mandate
Research includes declassified U.S. records, OSCE election-observation reports, Human Rights Watch, the European Court of Human Rights, PACE and IMF analysis. Allegations, court findings and political assessments are distinguished in the narration.
Archival sources include Kremlin.ru / Presidential Press and Information Office (CC BY 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, the Bundesarchiv and U.S. government records. Courtesy; William J. Clinton Presidential Library. NTV protest photographs: Yabloko (CC BY 4.0). Map data: Natural Earth, public domain. Footage is excerpted, cropped and edited; original archival speech is identified and translated. Additional portraits and places: Leo Medvedev (Sobchak, CC BY-SA 4.0); Anton Nossik (Gusinsky, CC BY-SA 2.0); Bogomolov.PL (Zyuganov, CC BY-SA 3.0); A.Savin (Lubyanka, CC BY-SA 3.0); Obakeneko (Tolmachevo, CC BY 3.0); Kpalion (Moscow/Kremlin, CC BY-SA 3.0); James G. Howes (St Petersburg, attribution permission); official White House Clinton portrait (public domain). Photos are cropped, masked or rendered as printed cutouts. Adapted photographs retain their original licences. Per-asset links and alteration notes accompany this local delivery in sources.md and CREDITS.md. Small hidden background regions are reconstructed for photo parallax; original people and archival events are preserved.
Music: Whispers In The Attic, Grit, Cinematic Visions, Dark Entries, Last Time I Saw Her, Hard Luck Story and Our World — Coverr. Edited and mixed for this episode. SFX: Kenney/CC0, previously documented user-owned recordings, and a user-supplied cassette effect; per-file provenance retained with the local delivery.
Original English narration uses the channel’s synthetic documently voice. Thumbnails are editorial designs derived from licensed period photographs.
#Documentary #RussianHistory #Putin