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Bookmark or Share- Boris Yeltsin - WikipediaBoris Nikolayevich Yeltsin [a] [b] (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman 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.
- Collapse of the Soviet Union - Yeltsin, Post-Soviet, Russia ...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.
- Presidency of Boris Yeltsin - WikipediaThe presidency of Boris Yeltsin began with his first inauguration on 10 July 1991, and ended on 31 December 1999 when he announced his resignation. A referendum held on 17 March 1991 approved the creation of the post of president of Russia; Yeltsin was elected Russia's first president in a presidential election held on 12 June 1991.
- Boris Yeltsin ‑ President, Death & Resignation - HISTORYBoris 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...
- Boris Yeltsin | Biography & Facts | BritannicaBoris 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.
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