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Boris Yeltsin
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Contents
Early life
Childhood: 1931–1948
University and career in construction: 1949–1960
Early membership of the Communist Party: 1960–1975
First Secretary of the Sverdlovsk Oblast: 1976–1985
Relocation to Moscow
Head of the Moscow Gorkom: 1985
Resignation: 1987
President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
1991 presidential election
President of the Russian Federation
Yeltsin's first term
Radical reforms
Confrontation with parliament
Chechnya
Norwegian rocket incident
Privatization and the rise of "the oligarchs"
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
1996 presidential election
Yeltsin's second term
Attempted 1999 impeachment
Mabetex corruption
Resignation
Electoral history
Illness and suspected alcoholism
Life after resignation
Death and funeral
Ideology
Personal life
Reception and legacy
Honors and awards
Russian and Soviet
Foreign awards
Departmental awards
Religious awards
Titles
Bibliography
See also
Notes
References
Sources and further reading
External links

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Boris Yeltsin
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First President of Russia from 1991 to 1999
"Yeltsin" redirects here. For the name, see Yeltsin (name). In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Nikolayevich and the family name is Yeltsin. Boris Yeltsin
Борис Ельцин


President of Russia
In office
10 July 1991 – 31 December 1999
Prime Minister
Ivan Silayev
Yegor Gaidar (Acting)
Viktor Chernomyrdin
Sergey Kiriyenko
Yevgeny Primakov
Sergei Stepashin
Vladimir Putin
Vice President
Alexander Rutskoy (1991–1993)
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Vladimir Putin (acting)
Head of Government of Russia as President of the Russian Federation
In office
6 November 1991 – 15 June 1992
Preceded by
Ivan Silayev ( Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR)
Succeeded by
Yegor Gaidar (Acting Prime Minister of the Russian Federation)
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
In office
30 May 1990 – 10 July 1991
Preceded by
Vitaly Vorotnikov (as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR)
Succeeded by
Ruslan Khasbulatov
First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party
In office
23 December 1985 – 11 November 1987
Leader
Mikhail Gorbachev (Party General Secretary)
Preceded by
Viktor Grishin
Succeeded by
Lev Zaykov

Personal details
Born
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
( 1931-02-01)
1 February 1931
Butka, Ural Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died
23 April 2007
(2007-04-23)
(aged 76)
Moscow, Russia
Resting place
Novodevichy Cemetery
Nationality
Russian
Political party
Independent (after 1990)
Other political
affiliations
CPSU (1961–1990)
Spouse (s)
Naina Yeltsina
​
( m. 1956) ​
Children
2, including Tatyana Yumasheva
Residence
Moscow Kremlin
Alma mater
Ural State Technical University
Signature

Central institution membership
1986–1988: Candidate member, 26th, 27th Politburo
1985–1986: Member, 26th Secretariat
1981–1990: Full member, 26th, 27th Central Committee
Other offices held
1992–1992: Minister, Defence
1976–1985: First Secretary, Sverdlovsk Regional Committee
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (Russian: Борис Николаевич Ельцин, IPA: [