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    Boris Yeltsin

    Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia

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  1. Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Russia, died of cardiac arrest on 23 April 2007, twelve days after being admitted to the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. Yeltsin was the first Russian head of state to be buried in a church ceremony since Emperor Alexander III, 113 years prior. [1]

  2. 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)
  3. Medical officials told Russian news agencies that Mr. Yeltsin had died of heart failure after being admitted to the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. He had suffered heart problems for...

  4. Apr 23, 2007 · Boris Yeltsin, who has died at the age of 76, secured his place in history by precipitating the end of the Soviet Union and becoming Russia’s first elected president. But by the end of his...

  5. Nov 9, 2009 · 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...

  6. Apr 23, 2007 · April 23, 2007. Boris Yeltsin, the burly provincial politician who became the first freely elected leader of Russia and a towering figure of his time when he presided over the dissolution of...

  7. Apr 23, 2007 · April 23, 2007. Boris N. Yeltsin, the burly provincial politician who became the first freely elected leader of Russia and a towering figure of his time when he presided over the dissolution of...

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