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  1. 19 hours ago · v. t. e. Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin[ a][ b] (born 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the president of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1990.

  2. 1 day ago · Since several heads of the regional executive committees supported the GKChP, on 21 August 1991 the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR adopted Decision No. 1626-1, which authorized Russian President Boris Yeltsin to appoint heads of regional administrations, [86] although the Constitution of the Russian SFSR did not empower the president with ...

  3. 23 hours ago · Russia - Politics, Economy, Geography: Toward the end of Yeltsin’s tenure as president, Vladimir Putin began playing a more important role. During the Soviet period, he joined the KGB and worked in East Germany for many years. Fluent in German and proficient in English, Putin worked for the liberal mayor of St. Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak, in the initial post-Soviet period and ended up in ...

  4. 1 day ago · e. The modern history of Russia began with the Russian Republic of the Soviet Union gaining more political and economical autonomy amidst the imminent dissolution of the USSR during 1988–1991, proclaiming its sovereignty inside the Union in June 1990, and electing its first President Boris Yeltsin a year later.

  5. 3 days ago · Russia - Post-Soviet Russia: The U.S.S.R. legally ceased to exist on December 31, 1991. The new state, called the Russian Federation, set off on the road to democracy and a market economy without any clear conception of how to complete such a transformation in the world’s largest country. Like most of the other former Soviet republics, it entered independence in a state of serious disorder ...

  6. 1 day ago · Vladimir Putin (born October 7, 1952, Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now St. Petersburg, Russia]) is a Russian intelligence officer and politician who has served as president (1999–2008 and 2012– ) of Russia and as the country’s prime minister (1999 and 2008–12). One of the 21st century’s most influential leaders, Putin has shaped his ...

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  8. 5 days ago · Boris Yeltsin's political career was accompanied by numerous libations. Any agreements were supported by a feast. This was the case during the Belovezhskaya Pushcha, and during Yeltsin's communication with "friend Bill" - Clinton, of course. So what territories did we lose because of the mood of the president during the feasts?

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