Boris Yeltsin - Wikipedia Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin[h][i] (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999 He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1961 to 1990
Boris Yeltsin | Biography Facts | Britannica Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician who became president of Russia in 1990 The following year he became the first popularly elected leader in the country’s history, guiding Russia through a stormy decade of political and economic retrenching Learn more about Yeltsin’s life and career
Presidency of Boris Yeltsin - Wikipedia On 25 December 1991, Boris Yeltsin, was full of presidential power in Russia in connection with the resignation of Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and the actual collapse of the USSR
Boris Yeltsin - President, Death Resignation | HISTORY Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) served as the president of Russia from 1991 until 1999 Though a Communist Party member for much of his life, he eventually came to believe in both democratic and free
Collapse of the Soviet Union - Yeltsin, Post-Soviet, Russia | Britannica Collapse of the Soviet Union - Yeltsin, Post-Soviet, Russia: Yeltsin was elected president of Russia in 1990 The republics claimed their independence and established the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) The Soviet Union was formally dissolved at midnight on December 31, 1991
Boris Yeltsin - New World Encyclopedia Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (February 1, 1931 – April 23, 2007) was the first president of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999 Yeltsin came to power on a wave of high expectations
YELTSIN - Facts and Details Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the president of Russia from 1991 to 1999 He came to power with high hopes and promise He clinged to power despite poor health and attacks by his enemies put oversaw Russia's decline into economic despair, rampant corruption and war
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Boris Yeltsin Biography - life, family, parents, wife, school, young . . . Boris Yeltsin, who became president of Russia in 1991, was one of the most complex political leaders of his time A longtime Communist Party leader, he was an important leader in the reform (social improvement) movements of the late 1980s and 1990s