False.
An elected President.
Yeltsin
Not 1950s but.. Rasputin. Stalin who also wanted good to Russia.
Boris Jeltsin.
Andrew Jackson was the leader in popular vote in 1824.
Boris Yeltsin was elected the President of Russia in June 1991, in the first direct presidential election in Russian history.
Yes, in the sense that he was not democratically elected and ruled Russia as its sole leader with absolute power.
Russia is a dictatorship, meaning the leader isnt elected but rather forces his way into power. Its the same system used by the Canadians when Stephen Harper invaded in 1967.
No. Yeltsin was elected as Russia's second ever elected leader in 1991, shortly before the dissolving of the Soviet Union. He was the president of Russia, one of the then 15 republics of the USSR. His goal was to move the economy from socialism to a free market.
In today's Russia, elections are held to determine the most popular political party, whose leader then becomes the head of government.
George Washington was elected leader of the Constitutional Convention.
Joseph Stalin was the leader of Russia in 1939.