“For the republic, this is the departure of a person who stood at the formation of the Republic of Buryatia in the new realities.
In the most difficult time, when the USSR collapsed, when a new Russia, a new reality, a new life was forming, Leonid Vasilyevich was at the helm of the republic.
Those were the most difficult times ... In these difficult conditions, Leonid Vasilyevich managed, laid the foundations: the Constitution of the Republic of Buryatia, the entire legislative structure were formed.
We now live in a republic, the foundations of which were laid under the leadership of Leonid Vasilyevich, ”said the head of Buryatia, Aleksey Tsydenov.
Earlier it was reported that Potapov, who ruled the republic from 1994 to 2007, died at the age of 85.