The people who make up the modern president's cabinet are the heads of the major federal departments and Secretaries, commonly this position can be equivalent to a minister, in some countries they are called Secretary for foreign affairs, secretartio of defense, and in others they are called Ministers, Minister of Defense, Minister of Energy, etc.
The unsuccessful August 1991 coup against Gorbachev sealed the fate of the Soviet Union. Planned by hard-line Communists, the coup diminished Gorbachev's power and propelled Yeltsin and the democratic forces to the forefront of Soviet and Russian politics.
Direct Democracy is a form of government where all laws are created by a general vote of society. In other words, the laws are created based on the majority of the votes of the population. I hope this helps! :)