Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) was a Soviet politician and the first democratically elected president of Russia. He is best known for short-circuiting the 1991 coup that briefly removed Mikhail Gorbachev from power. Born in a rural village near the Ural Mountains, Yeltsin’s family were victims of...
In 1990, Yeltsin was elected to the Russian Republic's Supreme Soviet, was elected Russian president by that body, and resigned from the Communist party. He retained (1991) the presidency in a popular election—in which he became Russia's first democratically elected president—and assumed the ...
on the last day of the outgoing century, I am resigning. [...] I have realized that I have to do this. Russia must enter the new millennium with new politicians and new faces...” That was how the first Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, announced his resignation on December 31, 1999...
In 1990, Yeltsin was elected to the Russian Republic's Supreme Soviet, was elected Russian president by that body, and resigned from the Communist party. He retained (1991) the presidency in a popular election—in which he became Russia's first democratically elected president—and assumed the ...
Nemtsov, 55, served as deputy prime minister during the 1990s under Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first elected president. Since 2012, he had co-chaired the pro-business RPR-PARNAS (Republican Party of Russia-People's Freedom Party). Russian opposition leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Ne...
In 1991, Boris became president of the independent Russian republic and was one of the first popularly elected leaders in the country's history. As president, he supported major economic reforms and moved to end state control of the economy and privatize most enterprises. In 1993, he dissolved...
Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin marks 75th birthday
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Putin will function as acting president for three months, in accordance with the Russian Constitution. New presidential elections will be held on March 26, three months ahead of schedule. "I have no doubt," Yeltsin said in endorsing Putin, "what choice you will make." This was a different...
Boris Yeltsin Profiles Boris Yeltsin, reelected president of the Russian republic. Declining popularity; Controversial decisions made; Speculations over his health; Political career; Childhood; Economic and social conditions of Russia under his admini... - 《Biography》 被引量: 0发表: 1998年 加载更多...