These problems led to a series of crises in the 1990s, which nearly led to the election of Yeltsin's Communist challenger, Gennady Zyuganov, in the 1996 presidential election.

Meanwhile, the opposition Communist Party of the Russian Federation had already gained ground in parliamentary voting on December 17, 1995, and its candidate, Gennady Zyuganov, had a strong grassroots organization, especially in the rural areas and small towns, and appealed effectively to memories of the old days of Soviet prestige on the international stage and the socialist domestic order.

On 3 July, in the runoff vote, he beat the Communist Gennady Zyuganov.

Its current leader is Gennady Zyuganov, the current First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

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Since 2001, the organisation has been led by Gennady Zyuganov.

On 19 October 2008 the leader of the party, Gennady Zyuganov, appealed to the citizens of Russia to financially support the party to implement its policy goals.

The CPRF is led by Gennady Zyuganov, who co-founded the party in early 1993 with senior former Soviet politicians Yegor Ligachev and Anatoly Lukyanov among others.

Gennady Zyuganov was its chairman.

Gennady Zyuganov, head of the party and its candidate for President of Russia in the election of 2012, denounced election irregularities in the Russian legislative election of 2011 but also expressed his opposition to the organizers of the mass demonstrations of December, 2011 who he views as ultra liberals who are exploiting unrest.

The Communist candidate ( of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union or Communist Party of the Russian Federation ) has finished second in every case: Nikolai Ryzhkov in 1991, Gennady Zyuganov in 1996, 2000 and 2008 and Nikolay Kharitonov in 2004.

Lebed ran as a candidate in the 1996 Russian presidential election and finished third with 14. 5 % of vote in the first round of voting, behind both incumbent president Boris Yeltsin and Communist Party of the Russian Federation leader Gennady Zyuganov.

He was put forward after Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov declined to stand for a third time.

Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (; born 26 June 1944 ) is a Russian politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation ( since 1993 ), Chairman of the Union of Communist Parties-Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( UCP-CPSU ) ( since 2001 ), deputy of the State Duma ( since 1993 ), and a member of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ( since 1996 ).

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One of them withdrew shortly before the deadline, so 11 candidates took part in the elections: Vladimir Putin, Gennady Zyuganov, Grigory Yavlinsky, Amangeldy Tuleyev, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Konstantin Titov, Ella Pamfilova, Stanislav Govorukhin, Yury Skuratov, Alexander Podberyozkin, and Umar Dzhabrailov.

In both cases, he did not subsequently offer his support to either Yeltsin or Putin or their Communist opponent in both elections, Gennady Zyuganov.

Yeltsin defeated Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov in the run-off, receiving 54. 4 % of the vote.

* Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the Communist Party, has unsuccessfully run for president four times ( 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012 ).

He helped to write the political program for the newly refounded Communist Party of the Russian Federation under the leadership of Gennady Zyuganov.

Tikhonov clashed with long-standing party leader Gennady Zyuganov over who had control and as a result Zyuganov ensured that Tikhonov lost his Chairmanship.

* August 26 – Gennady Yanayev, former Soviet leader ( d. 2010 )

The Vice President of the Soviet Union was Gennady Yanayev, who briefly usurped Gorbachev as president in the 1991 attempted coup as leader of the State Committee of the State of Emergency.

The leader of the party was Gennady Raikov.

Colonel Gennady Dzyuba, of the Defense Ministry, said, " Those who have served, especially in hot spots, know the importance of women — they calm the team down.

In 2005, Communist politician Gennady Zyuganov said that Russia " should once again render honor to Stalin for his role in building socialism and saving human civilization from the Nazi plague.

On December 16, 1986 Soviet Politburo replaced him with Gennady Kolbin, who had never lived in the Kazakh SSR before.

Gorbovsky was the one who discovered Leonida ( maybe, even named after him ) in 2133, but soon after the discovery he had to leave the planet due to health problems of his crew members and leave Gennady Komov in charge.

The attempted coup, led by Vice President Gennady Yanayev and 7 hard-liners, collapses in less than 72 hours.

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* Gennady Yanayev ( usurper ) ( 19 August 1991-21 August 1991 )

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* Yanayev, Gennady – Soviet Acting President of the Soviet Union in 1991

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Later, Kryuchkov brought Soviet Defense Minister Dmitriy Yazov, Internal Affairs Minister Boris Pugo, Premier Valentin Pavlov, Vice-President Gennady Yanayev, Soviet Defense Council deputy chief Oleg Baklanov, Gorbachev secretariat head Valeriy Boldin, and CPSU Central Committee Secretary Oleg Shenin into the conspiracy.

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In response Gennady Yanayev declared the state of emergency in Moscow at 16: 00.

Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev (; 26 August 1937 – 24 September 2010 ) was a Soviet Russian politician and statesman whose career spanned the rules of Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko, and culminated during the Gorbachev years.

In accordance with article 127, clause 7 of the USSR constitution, Vice President Gennady Yanayev has assumed the duties of the President of the USSR.

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Soviet vice-president Gennady Yanayev was named acting president.