Boris Yeltsin

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1990. He later stood as a political independent, during which time he was viewed as being ideologically aligned with liberalism.
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Some of the key events about Boris Yeltsin

  • 1961
    Joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and began his political career
  • 1977
    Became First Secretary of the Sverdlovsk Regional Committee
  • 1985
    Appointed First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee by Mikhail Gorbachev
  • 1989
    Elected to the newly created Congress of People's Deputies
  • 1989
    Fell from a bridge into a river during a drunken episode
  • 1990
    Elected Chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet
  • 1991
    Led resistance against the August Coup attempt by Soviet hardliners
  • 1991
    Became the first democratically elected President of Russia
  • 1991
    Signed decrees that banned the Communist Party and seized its property
  • 1992
    Launched economic reforms to transition Russia to a market economy
  • 1993
    Oversaw the adoption of a new Russian Constitution
  • 1993
    Ordered tanks to shell the Russian White House during a constitutional crisis
  • 1994
    Launched a brutal military campaign in Chechnya
  • 1995
    Suffered a heart attack, raising concerns about his health and leadership
  • 1996
    Won re-election as President of Russia in a competitive election
  • 1996
    Underwent quintuple heart bypass surgery, further questioning his fitness for office
  • 1998
    Abruptly dismissed his entire government, including Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin
  • 1999
    Oversaw a period of economic crisis and the devaluation of the ruble
  • 1999
    Unexpectedly resigned as President, handing power to Vladimir Putin
  • 2000
    Granted immunity from prosecution for himself and his family after leaving office

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