title: The Russian Army in the Electoral Battles of 1993–1999
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metadata.value: Volgin, E. I.
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metadata.value: 2023-10-12T13:30:55Z
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metadata.value: 2023-10-12T13:30:55Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-09
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metadata.value: Volgin E. I. ‘The Russian Army in the Electoral Battles of 1993–1999’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 13, no. 3, 2023, pp. 705–720. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu24.2023.311 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu24.2023.311
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44233
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metadata.value: The formation of electoral democracy in Russia coincided with the entry of the state into a crisis phase
  of systemic transformation. The position of the military became especially difficult, which turned into an impoverished “military electorate”, for whose votes various parties fought. The purpose of the article is based on the study
  of specialized literature, as well as the analysis of a wide range of sources (periodicals, sociological research,
  electoral legislation) to consider the electoral behavior of military personnel in an extremely difficult situation that
  has developed both in the army and in the country. The relevance of the topic is an attempt to identify contradictions
  between the true electoral sympathies of soldiers and officers and the desire of the high command to
  influence the process of the free expression of their subordinates, as well as to distort the voting results in a
  more favorable light to convince the authorities of the loyalty of the Armed Forces. The scientific novelty consists
  in conducting a comprehensive study using an interdisciplinary approach (formal legal, historical, sociological,
  etc.). The article examines the norms of electoral legislation that regulated the process of implementing the electoral
  and political rights of military personnel, reveals the socio-political phenomenon of the “military electorate”,
  examines the federal election campaigns of 1993–1999. Since 1993, genuine election results in the army environment
  have been characterized by a high level of protest voting. But as soon as in the late 1990s there were
  trends to improve the situation, as well as a leader who put defense and security issues at the forefront, the army
  immediately felt and supported these changes. At the same time, the Russian army itself in the 1990s did not try
  to act as a consolidated electoral force to influence the crisis.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 13; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian Armed Forces
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ministry of Defense
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: political parties
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: elections
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: electoral associations
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Gosudarstvennaia Duma
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: electoral law
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Russian Army in the Electoral Battles of 1993–1999
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metadata.value: Article
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