Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (/ˈjɛltsɪn/;Russian:Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин;IPA:[bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn]; 1February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. Originally a supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yeltsin emerged under the perestroika reforms as one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents. During the late 1980s, Yeltsin had been a member of the Politburo, and in late 1987 tendered a letter of resignation in protest. No one had resigned from the Politburo before. This act branded Yeltsin as a rebel and led to his rise in popularity as an anti-establishment figure.
On 29 May 1990 he was elected the chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet. On 12 June 1991 he was elected by popular vote to the newly created post of President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), at that time one of the 15 constituent republics of the Soviet Union. Upon the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev and the final dissolution of the Soviet Union on 25 December 1991, after which the RSFSR became the sovereign state of the Russian Federation, Yeltsin remained in office as president. He was reelected in the 1996 election, where critics widely claimed pervasive corruption; in the second round he defeated Gennady Zyuganov from the revived Communist Party by a margin of 13.7pp (54.4% to 40.7%), despite the margin having been only 3.4pp during the first round. However, Yeltsin never recovered his early popularity after a series of economic and political crises in Russia in the 1990s.
"You can make a throne of bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long."
"Today is the last day of an era past."
"Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the sky."
"It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts."
"There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends."
"A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than [being] a mean little flame."
"We can be proud that this is being done peacefully, without revolutions and coups."
"We will solve this problem."
"I understand that it's hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions... we'll have to draw lessons from the current crisis and now we'll have to work on overcoming it,"
"will not allow Kosovo to be touched."
"One could see that what you are writing was that today's meeting with President Bill Clinton was going to be a disaster. Now, for the first time, I can tell you that you are a disaster."
(26 Apr 2007) 520312
AP/Russian Pool
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AP Television News
Moscow - 21 August 1991
1. Yeltsin waves Russian flag
AP Television News
Kremlin - October, 1995
2. Yeltsin pinches secretary in Kremlin
AP Television News
USA - October 1995
3. Yeltsin and Clinton share a joke
Russian Pool
Rostov - June 1996
4.Various shots of Yeltsin dancing to appreciative crowd during re-election campaign
10:16:57
520554
AP Television
Moscow - 25 April 2007
5. Yeltsin's widow Naina leans into casket and strokes her husband's face
6. Low shot of portrait of Boris Yeltsin, with his widow crying in background
7. Mid shot of Naina standing by coffin and turning away
10:17:11
520699
AP TELEVISION
Moscow - 26 April 2007
8. Close-up of Yeltsin's grave with a wooden cross and a p...
published: 21 Jul 2015
The day Boris Yeltsin said goodbye to Russia - BBC News
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Inside Story - Boris Yeltsin - 24 Apr 07 - Part 1
Inside Story looks at the legacy of Boris Yeltsin.
published: 25 Apr 2007
Boris Yeltsin - The Making of a Leader (2001 Documentary)
Though it doesn't offer a holistically chronological breakdown of his life, this film seeks to explore Boris Yeltsin's political mind through first-hand accounts and perspectives, including those of the following: Alante Alfanderi, a Lithuanian director, who owes in part her freedom to the decisive action of Boris Yeltsin in the independence process of her country; Daniel Leconte who has attentively observed the Russian regime for more than twenty years. The film starts in Sverdlovsk in the 1930s and ends in 1989 when Eltsine won the first democratic elections of post-communist Russia. Through a search of Yeltsin’s background this film discovers the sources of a historical destiny and outlines the keys to an uncommon political behavior. In short, this film looks for an answer to the enigma...
published: 13 Aug 2014
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN RETURNS TO KREMLIN
(23 Dec 1996) Russian/Nat
Russian President Boris Yeltsin has returned to his office at the Kremlin on Monday declaring himself "ready for battle".
He's been on the political sidelines for the last six months with heart trouble.
The 65-year-old Russian leader faces a busy week including meetings with his defence and security councils.
Russian President Boris Yeltsin's motorcade speeded through the snow covered streets of Moscow early on Monday morning.
His limousine entered the Kremlin shortly after 9:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) Monday.
The president's return effectively marks the start of his second term - he had a heart attack just days before his July 3rd re-election victory.
Yeltsin declared himself "full of energy and strength" after his November 5th quintuple bypas...
published: 21 Jul 2015
Boris Yeltsin: The Fall of Russia’s President (1990s)
Boris Yeltsin was the first president of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, yet people remember him for little more than his dancing and relationship to Bill Clinton. However, he is a pivotal figure in both Russian History and in understanding a potential third world war and his fall from leadership really needs closer examination. In this video Mr. Mitchell will walk you through the policies of Boris Yeltin and ultimately the key factors behind his failure.
The video discusses key policies like Yegor Gaidar’s “Shock Therapy” to transform the Russian economy and the constant electoral battle between Yeganny Zyuganov and his Communist Party. The video will also look at the rise of Vladimir Putin and how he capitalised on the Chechen crisis to storm to an electoral victory in 2000.
...
(26 Apr 2007) 520312
AP/Russian Pool
Various, File
AP Television News
Moscow - 21 August 1991
1. Yeltsin waves Russian flag
AP Television News
Kremlin - ...
(26 Apr 2007) 520312
AP/Russian Pool
Various, File
AP Television News
Moscow - 21 August 1991
1. Yeltsin waves Russian flag
AP Television News
Kremlin - October, 1995
2. Yeltsin pinches secretary in Kremlin
AP Television News
USA - October 1995
3. Yeltsin and Clinton share a joke
Russian Pool
Rostov - June 1996
4.Various shots of Yeltsin dancing to appreciative crowd during re-election campaign
10:16:57
520554
AP Television
Moscow - 25 April 2007
5. Yeltsin's widow Naina leans into casket and strokes her husband's face
6. Low shot of portrait of Boris Yeltsin, with his widow crying in background
7. Mid shot of Naina standing by coffin and turning away
10:17:11
520699
AP TELEVISION
Moscow - 26 April 2007
8. Close-up of Yeltsin's grave with a wooden cross and a picture of the himself, covered with flowers
9. Naina Yeltsin, wife or Boris Yeltsin and family walk into cemetery
10. Naina Yeltsin stands by her husband's grave
STORYLINE:
Former President Boris Yeltsin, who was instrumental in the final collapse of the Soviet Union, pushed Russia toward pluralism and a market economy, and launched the first war in Chechnya, has died, a Kremlin official said Monday.
He was 76.
The Interfax news agency cited an unidentified medical source as saying he had died of heart failure in the Kremlin Clinic Hospital.
Although Yeltsin was initially admired abroad for his defiance of the Communist system, many Russians will remember him mostly for presiding over the steep decline of their nation.
It was a period where the oligarchs came to the fore - an elite rich made billions from the state's resources, as the huge majority remained poor.
Thousands of tearful mourners filed past the open coffin of former President Boris Yeltsin on Wednesday 25th April, lighting candles and crossing themselves to the sound of chanted Orthodox prayers as foreign dignitaries headed to Moscow to pay their last respects.
Yeltsin's widow, Naina, and his two daughters sat dressed in black alongside the casket, which was draped in the Russian tricolour in the centre of the cathedral's nave.
He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery
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(26 Apr 2007) 520312
AP/Russian Pool
Various, File
AP Television News
Moscow - 21 August 1991
1. Yeltsin waves Russian flag
AP Television News
Kremlin - October, 1995
2. Yeltsin pinches secretary in Kremlin
AP Television News
USA - October 1995
3. Yeltsin and Clinton share a joke
Russian Pool
Rostov - June 1996
4.Various shots of Yeltsin dancing to appreciative crowd during re-election campaign
10:16:57
520554
AP Television
Moscow - 25 April 2007
5. Yeltsin's widow Naina leans into casket and strokes her husband's face
6. Low shot of portrait of Boris Yeltsin, with his widow crying in background
7. Mid shot of Naina standing by coffin and turning away
10:17:11
520699
AP TELEVISION
Moscow - 26 April 2007
8. Close-up of Yeltsin's grave with a wooden cross and a picture of the himself, covered with flowers
9. Naina Yeltsin, wife or Boris Yeltsin and family walk into cemetery
10. Naina Yeltsin stands by her husband's grave
STORYLINE:
Former President Boris Yeltsin, who was instrumental in the final collapse of the Soviet Union, pushed Russia toward pluralism and a market economy, and launched the first war in Chechnya, has died, a Kremlin official said Monday.
He was 76.
The Interfax news agency cited an unidentified medical source as saying he had died of heart failure in the Kremlin Clinic Hospital.
Although Yeltsin was initially admired abroad for his defiance of the Communist system, many Russians will remember him mostly for presiding over the steep decline of their nation.
It was a period where the oligarchs came to the fore - an elite rich made billions from the state's resources, as the huge majority remained poor.
Thousands of tearful mourners filed past the open coffin of former President Boris Yeltsin on Wednesday 25th April, lighting candles and crossing themselves to the sound of chanted Orthodox prayers as foreign dignitaries headed to Moscow to pay their last respects.
Yeltsin's widow, Naina, and his two daughters sat dressed in black alongside the casket, which was draped in the Russian tricolour in the centre of the cathedral's nave.
He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery
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Though it doesn't offer a holistically chronological breakdown of his life, this film seeks to explore Boris Yeltsin's political mind through first-hand account...
Though it doesn't offer a holistically chronological breakdown of his life, this film seeks to explore Boris Yeltsin's political mind through first-hand accounts and perspectives, including those of the following: Alante Alfanderi, a Lithuanian director, who owes in part her freedom to the decisive action of Boris Yeltsin in the independence process of her country; Daniel Leconte who has attentively observed the Russian regime for more than twenty years. The film starts in Sverdlovsk in the 1930s and ends in 1989 when Eltsine won the first democratic elections of post-communist Russia. Through a search of Yeltsin’s background this film discovers the sources of a historical destiny and outlines the keys to an uncommon political behavior. In short, this film looks for an answer to the enigmatic nature of Eltsine. For better or worse, how did Eltsine become the founding father of Russian democracy? Based on the evidence of Boris Yeltsin’s close circle Naïma his wife, Gorbachev, etc., the film takes us through Eltsine’s career from his native Sverdlovsk to Moscow.
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Though it doesn't offer a holistically chronological breakdown of his life, this film seeks to explore Boris Yeltsin's political mind through first-hand accounts and perspectives, including those of the following: Alante Alfanderi, a Lithuanian director, who owes in part her freedom to the decisive action of Boris Yeltsin in the independence process of her country; Daniel Leconte who has attentively observed the Russian regime for more than twenty years. The film starts in Sverdlovsk in the 1930s and ends in 1989 when Eltsine won the first democratic elections of post-communist Russia. Through a search of Yeltsin’s background this film discovers the sources of a historical destiny and outlines the keys to an uncommon political behavior. In short, this film looks for an answer to the enigmatic nature of Eltsine. For better or worse, how did Eltsine become the founding father of Russian democracy? Based on the evidence of Boris Yeltsin’s close circle Naïma his wife, Gorbachev, etc., the film takes us through Eltsine’s career from his native Sverdlovsk to Moscow.
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(23 Dec 1996) Russian/Nat
Russian President Boris Yeltsin has returned to his office at the Kremlin on Monday declaring himself "ready for battle".
He's ...
(23 Dec 1996) Russian/Nat
Russian President Boris Yeltsin has returned to his office at the Kremlin on Monday declaring himself "ready for battle".
He's been on the political sidelines for the last six months with heart trouble.
The 65-year-old Russian leader faces a busy week including meetings with his defence and security councils.
Russian President Boris Yeltsin's motorcade speeded through the snow covered streets of Moscow early on Monday morning.
His limousine entered the Kremlin shortly after 9:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) Monday.
The president's return effectively marks the start of his second term - he had a heart attack just days before his July 3rd re-election victory.
Yeltsin declared himself "full of energy and strength" after his November 5th quintuple bypass.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"I am in a good mood, feeling well, ready for battle. As for the first tasks, I've already outlined them in my TV address - to deal with salaries, pensions, the army, and other questions. The next year is going to be better than this one, I am sure of that."
SUPERCAPTION: Russian President Boris Yeltsin
Since then, he has made only rare public appearances. But doctors
say he is making a full recovery from his surgery and should be able
to maintain a normal work schedule, as long as he doesn't overdo it.
The 65-year-old Russian leader was getting impatient with convalescence - and with the government's failure to resolve nagging social problems like unpaid wages and uncollected taxes.
"There's no time to waste," he said in a television address Friday.
Still, it remains unclear whether Yeltsin can infuse life into policies that have failed to solve some of Russia's most critical problems: a shrinking economy, millions of workers who have been unpaid for months and lingering tensions in the breakaway Chechen republic.
In five years as president, Yeltsin has not done much of the nuts-and-bolts work of running the government and has offered few ideas for solving Russia's economic and social woes.
Yeltsin has said the wage crisis, the tax crisis and army reform
would be top priorities when he returned to work. The ITAR-Tass news agency said he planned to meet with top security officials as well as the tax commission this week.
Interfax said he would meet with his chief of staff, Anatoly Chubais, on Monday, and with Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin on Tuesday, their regular conference day.
Yeltsin returns to work just as Russians are preparing to celebrate New Year's, one of the most festive annual holidays, and he sought to assure them Monday that things would improve with him back at the helm.
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(23 Dec 1996) Russian/Nat
Russian President Boris Yeltsin has returned to his office at the Kremlin on Monday declaring himself "ready for battle".
He's been on the political sidelines for the last six months with heart trouble.
The 65-year-old Russian leader faces a busy week including meetings with his defence and security councils.
Russian President Boris Yeltsin's motorcade speeded through the snow covered streets of Moscow early on Monday morning.
His limousine entered the Kremlin shortly after 9:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) Monday.
The president's return effectively marks the start of his second term - he had a heart attack just days before his July 3rd re-election victory.
Yeltsin declared himself "full of energy and strength" after his November 5th quintuple bypass.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"I am in a good mood, feeling well, ready for battle. As for the first tasks, I've already outlined them in my TV address - to deal with salaries, pensions, the army, and other questions. The next year is going to be better than this one, I am sure of that."
SUPERCAPTION: Russian President Boris Yeltsin
Since then, he has made only rare public appearances. But doctors
say he is making a full recovery from his surgery and should be able
to maintain a normal work schedule, as long as he doesn't overdo it.
The 65-year-old Russian leader was getting impatient with convalescence - and with the government's failure to resolve nagging social problems like unpaid wages and uncollected taxes.
"There's no time to waste," he said in a television address Friday.
Still, it remains unclear whether Yeltsin can infuse life into policies that have failed to solve some of Russia's most critical problems: a shrinking economy, millions of workers who have been unpaid for months and lingering tensions in the breakaway Chechen republic.
In five years as president, Yeltsin has not done much of the nuts-and-bolts work of running the government and has offered few ideas for solving Russia's economic and social woes.
Yeltsin has said the wage crisis, the tax crisis and army reform
would be top priorities when he returned to work. The ITAR-Tass news agency said he planned to meet with top security officials as well as the tax commission this week.
Interfax said he would meet with his chief of staff, Anatoly Chubais, on Monday, and with Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin on Tuesday, their regular conference day.
Yeltsin returns to work just as Russians are preparing to celebrate New Year's, one of the most festive annual holidays, and he sought to assure them Monday that things would improve with him back at the helm.
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Boris Yeltsin was the first president of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, yet people remember him for little more than his dancing and relationship to...
Boris Yeltsin was the first president of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, yet people remember him for little more than his dancing and relationship to Bill Clinton. However, he is a pivotal figure in both Russian History and in understanding a potential third world war and his fall from leadership really needs closer examination. In this video Mr. Mitchell will walk you through the policies of Boris Yeltin and ultimately the key factors behind his failure.
The video discusses key policies like Yegor Gaidar’s “Shock Therapy” to transform the Russian economy and the constant electoral battle between Yeganny Zyuganov and his Communist Party. The video will also look at the rise of Vladimir Putin and how he capitalised on the Chechen crisis to storm to an electoral victory in 2000.
This “Before World War III” series is looking at a number of key events that are important to know as context if the feared outcome becomes a reality. This one’s especially important as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought the face of the war to Europe. To properly understand how the Russian government works, the rise and fall of Boris Yeltsin provides a perfect case study.
Boris Yeltsin was the first president of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, yet people remember him for little more than his dancing and relationship to Bill Clinton. However, he is a pivotal figure in both Russian History and in understanding a potential third world war and his fall from leadership really needs closer examination. In this video Mr. Mitchell will walk you through the policies of Boris Yeltin and ultimately the key factors behind his failure.
The video discusses key policies like Yegor Gaidar’s “Shock Therapy” to transform the Russian economy and the constant electoral battle between Yeganny Zyuganov and his Communist Party. The video will also look at the rise of Vladimir Putin and how he capitalised on the Chechen crisis to storm to an electoral victory in 2000.
This “Before World War III” series is looking at a number of key events that are important to know as context if the feared outcome becomes a reality. This one’s especially important as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought the face of the war to Europe. To properly understand how the Russian government works, the rise and fall of Boris Yeltsin provides a perfect case study.
(26 Apr 2007) 520312
AP/Russian Pool
Various, File
AP Television News
Moscow - 21 August 1991
1. Yeltsin waves Russian flag
AP Television News
Kremlin - October, 1995
2. Yeltsin pinches secretary in Kremlin
AP Television News
USA - October 1995
3. Yeltsin and Clinton share a joke
Russian Pool
Rostov - June 1996
4.Various shots of Yeltsin dancing to appreciative crowd during re-election campaign
10:16:57
520554
AP Television
Moscow - 25 April 2007
5. Yeltsin's widow Naina leans into casket and strokes her husband's face
6. Low shot of portrait of Boris Yeltsin, with his widow crying in background
7. Mid shot of Naina standing by coffin and turning away
10:17:11
520699
AP TELEVISION
Moscow - 26 April 2007
8. Close-up of Yeltsin's grave with a wooden cross and a picture of the himself, covered with flowers
9. Naina Yeltsin, wife or Boris Yeltsin and family walk into cemetery
10. Naina Yeltsin stands by her husband's grave
STORYLINE:
Former President Boris Yeltsin, who was instrumental in the final collapse of the Soviet Union, pushed Russia toward pluralism and a market economy, and launched the first war in Chechnya, has died, a Kremlin official said Monday.
He was 76.
The Interfax news agency cited an unidentified medical source as saying he had died of heart failure in the Kremlin Clinic Hospital.
Although Yeltsin was initially admired abroad for his defiance of the Communist system, many Russians will remember him mostly for presiding over the steep decline of their nation.
It was a period where the oligarchs came to the fore - an elite rich made billions from the state's resources, as the huge majority remained poor.
Thousands of tearful mourners filed past the open coffin of former President Boris Yeltsin on Wednesday 25th April, lighting candles and crossing themselves to the sound of chanted Orthodox prayers as foreign dignitaries headed to Moscow to pay their last respects.
Yeltsin's widow, Naina, and his two daughters sat dressed in black alongside the casket, which was draped in the Russian tricolour in the centre of the cathedral's nave.
He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery
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Though it doesn't offer a holistically chronological breakdown of his life, this film seeks to explore Boris Yeltsin's political mind through first-hand accounts and perspectives, including those of the following: Alante Alfanderi, a Lithuanian director, who owes in part her freedom to the decisive action of Boris Yeltsin in the independence process of her country; Daniel Leconte who has attentively observed the Russian regime for more than twenty years. The film starts in Sverdlovsk in the 1930s and ends in 1989 when Eltsine won the first democratic elections of post-communist Russia. Through a search of Yeltsin’s background this film discovers the sources of a historical destiny and outlines the keys to an uncommon political behavior. In short, this film looks for an answer to the enigmatic nature of Eltsine. For better or worse, how did Eltsine become the founding father of Russian democracy? Based on the evidence of Boris Yeltsin’s close circle Naïma his wife, Gorbachev, etc., the film takes us through Eltsine’s career from his native Sverdlovsk to Moscow.
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(1 Sep 2003) USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON AND BORIS YELTSIN PRESS CONFERENCE - LAUGH ATTACK
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(23 Dec 1996) Russian/Nat
Russian President Boris Yeltsin has returned to his office at the Kremlin on Monday declaring himself "ready for battle".
He's been on the political sidelines for the last six months with heart trouble.
The 65-year-old Russian leader faces a busy week including meetings with his defence and security councils.
Russian President Boris Yeltsin's motorcade speeded through the snow covered streets of Moscow early on Monday morning.
His limousine entered the Kremlin shortly after 9:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) Monday.
The president's return effectively marks the start of his second term - he had a heart attack just days before his July 3rd re-election victory.
Yeltsin declared himself "full of energy and strength" after his November 5th quintuple bypass.
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"I am in a good mood, feeling well, ready for battle. As for the first tasks, I've already outlined them in my TV address - to deal with salaries, pensions, the army, and other questions. The next year is going to be better than this one, I am sure of that."
SUPERCAPTION: Russian President Boris Yeltsin
Since then, he has made only rare public appearances. But doctors
say he is making a full recovery from his surgery and should be able
to maintain a normal work schedule, as long as he doesn't overdo it.
The 65-year-old Russian leader was getting impatient with convalescence - and with the government's failure to resolve nagging social problems like unpaid wages and uncollected taxes.
"There's no time to waste," he said in a television address Friday.
Still, it remains unclear whether Yeltsin can infuse life into policies that have failed to solve some of Russia's most critical problems: a shrinking economy, millions of workers who have been unpaid for months and lingering tensions in the breakaway Chechen republic.
In five years as president, Yeltsin has not done much of the nuts-and-bolts work of running the government and has offered few ideas for solving Russia's economic and social woes.
Yeltsin has said the wage crisis, the tax crisis and army reform
would be top priorities when he returned to work. The ITAR-Tass news agency said he planned to meet with top security officials as well as the tax commission this week.
Interfax said he would meet with his chief of staff, Anatoly Chubais, on Monday, and with Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin on Tuesday, their regular conference day.
Yeltsin returns to work just as Russians are preparing to celebrate New Year's, one of the most festive annual holidays, and he sought to assure them Monday that things would improve with him back at the helm.
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Boris Yeltsin was the first president of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, yet people remember him for little more than his dancing and relationship to Bill Clinton. However, he is a pivotal figure in both Russian History and in understanding a potential third world war and his fall from leadership really needs closer examination. In this video Mr. Mitchell will walk you through the policies of Boris Yeltin and ultimately the key factors behind his failure.
The video discusses key policies like Yegor Gaidar’s “Shock Therapy” to transform the Russian economy and the constant electoral battle between Yeganny Zyuganov and his Communist Party. The video will also look at the rise of Vladimir Putin and how he capitalised on the Chechen crisis to storm to an electoral victory in 2000.
This “Before World War III” series is looking at a number of key events that are important to know as context if the feared outcome becomes a reality. This one’s especially important as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought the face of the war to Europe. To properly understand how the Russian government works, the rise and fall of Boris Yeltsin provides a perfect case study.
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (/ˈjɛltsɪn/;Russian:Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин;IPA:[bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn]; 1February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. Originally a supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yeltsin emerged under the perestroika reforms as one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents. During the late 1980s, Yeltsin had been a member of the Politburo, and in late 1987 tendered a letter of resignation in protest. No one had resigned from the Politburo before. This act branded Yeltsin as a rebel and led to his rise in popularity as an anti-establishment figure.
On 29 May 1990 he was elected the chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet. On 12 June 1991 he was elected by popular vote to the newly created post of President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), at that time one of the 15 constituent republics of the Soviet Union. Upon the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev and the final dissolution of the Soviet Union on 25 December 1991, after which the RSFSR became the sovereign state of the Russian Federation, Yeltsin remained in office as president. He was reelected in the 1996 election, where critics widely claimed pervasive corruption; in the second round he defeated Gennady Zyuganov from the revived Communist Party by a margin of 13.7pp (54.4% to 40.7%), despite the margin having been only 3.4pp during the first round. However, Yeltsin never recovered his early popularity after a series of economic and political crises in Russia in the 1990s.
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