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Boris Yeltsin


Born
in Sverdlovsk, Russian Federation
February 01, 1931

Died
April 23, 2007

Genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Politics


Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.

Yeltsin came to power with a wave of high expectations. On 12 June 1991 he was elected president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic with 57% of the vote, becoming the first popularly elected president. But Yeltsin never recovered his popularity after a series of economic and political crises in Russia in the 1990s. The Yeltsin era was marked by widespread corruption, economic collapse, and enormous political and social problems. By the time he left office, Yeltsin had an approval rating of two percent by some estimates.

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, Yeltsin, vowing to transform Russia's so ...more

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Average rating: 3.32 · 184 ratings · 11 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors
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Against the Grain-An Autobi...
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The Struggle for Russia
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Президентский марафон
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Записки президента
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The View from the Kremlin
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Los diarios del presidente
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エリツィンの手記―崩壊・対決の舞台裏〈下〉
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“We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it. ”
― Boris Yeltsin
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“You can build a throne of bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.”
― Boris Yeltsin
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“You can make a throne of bayonets, but you cant sit on it for long.”
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