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    Boris Yeltsin

    Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia

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  1. 5 days ago · Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin [a] ( Russian: Борис Николаевич Ельцин, IPA: [bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla (j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn] ⓘ; 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 from 1961 to ...

    • CPSU (1961–1990)
  2. Apr 19, 2024 · Boris Yeltsin (born February 1, 1931, Sverdlovsk [now Yekaterinburg], Russia, U.S.S.R.—died April 23, 2007, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian politician who became president of Russia in 1990. In 1991 he became the first popularly elected leader in the country’s history, guiding Russia through a stormy decade of political and economic ...

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  3. 5 days ago · Boris Yeltsin and his followers saw the USSR as an oppressor of Russia, thereby accelerating the mostly peaceful division of the former Soviet Union. On 27 April 1992, Yugoslavia formally disintegrated and with it vanished any mention of Marxist–Leninism in its Serbian and Montenegrin successor state. Former Warsaw Pact members

    • 19-22 August 1991(4 days); 32 years ago
    • Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
  4. Apr 28, 2024 · Boris Yeltsin, the first President of the Russian Federation, played a crucial role in transitioning Russia from communist rule to a more democratic system, leaving a lasting impact on the country’s history and politics. Yeltsin’s presidency was marked by significant challenges, including economic instability and political turmoil, but his ...

  5. Apr 27, 2024 · Explore the liberalization of humor under Boris Yeltsin's leadership in the Soviet Union. Discover the iconic TV show that revolutionized political satire, s...

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  7. Apr 15, 2024 · Yeltsin decreed that all enterprises in Russia were under his government’s control. Collapse of the Soviet Union, sequence of events that led to the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. on December 31, 1991. The reforms implemented by President Mikhail Gorbachev and the backlash against them hastened the demise of the Soviet state.

  8. After Boris Yeltsin took the oath, he sounded Anthem of Russia, and a copy of the standard of the president of Russia was raised over the Kremlin Senate. Thereafter, Chairman of the Federation Council Yegor Stroyev, put on the symbol of Presidential power on Boris Yeltsin. Then, with a made a congratulatory speech, Patriarch Alexy II.

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