Meeting of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR

USSR. Moscow. President of the RSFSR Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin during a speech at a meeting of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR. On December 25, 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR approved and entered into force the Law of the RSFSR "On changing the name of the state of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic". The new name of the state was established - the Russian Federation (Russia). Alexander Sentsov, Dmitry Sokolov/TASS