GOVERNOR OF ST. PETERSBURG SWORN IN.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 2 Issue: 108

June 5, 1996 07:00 AM Age: 28 years

Vladimir Yakovlev, who narrowly defeated incumbent Anatoly Sobchak in a run-off election June 2, was sworn in yesterday as governor of Russia’s second city. (Itar-Tass, June 4)

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