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In March 1990 the Third Extraordinary Congress...

silver, and enamel. Nine links carry the image of the State Emblem of Russia, and eight are rounded rosettes with the motto: "Value, Honor, and Glory." The reverse sides of the links bear white enamel plates on which the name of each Russian President and his inauguration day are engraved in gold letters.

After the President takes his oath of service, the Emblem is installed in his residence in the Moscow Kremlin.

Another official attribute of presidential power is a specially printed unique copy of the official text of the Constitution.

During the inauguration ceremony the newly elected President takes an oath of service on the Special Copy of the Constitution.

Inauguration of the President

In Russia, the inauguration ceremony is a new tradition. It started on March 14, 1990, when the Third Congress of People's Deputies of the U.S.S.R. elected Mikhail Gorbachev the first and only President in Soviet history. He took his oath of service

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