Title: Presidents Of Russia Since The Fall Of The Soviet Union - WorldAtlas
Headings: Presidents Of Russia Since The Fall Of The Soviet Union
Presidents Of Russia Since The Fall Of The Soviet Union
Boris Yeltsin: 1991 - 1999
Vladimir Putin: 2000-2008, 2012-Present
Dmitry Medvedev: 2008-2012
Presidents Of Russia Since The Fall Of The Soviet Union

Content: Below is a list of presidents that have served the country since the Soviet Union was dissolved . Boris Yeltsin: 1991 - 1999
Boris Yeltsin was the first president of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. He was born on February 1 st, 1931 in Butka Village in Yekaterinburg, also known as Sverdlovsk Oblast, to a peasant family. Yeltsin’s first step into Soviet politics began in 1968 when he joined and became active in the party. In 1976, he was appointed the first secretary of the Sverdlovsk District Central Committee, a role similar to a Governor in the US. Yeltsin’s work in the district garnered him a reformers reputation. His prominence in Soviet politics rose further in 1985 after Mikhail Gorbachev, then Soviet Leader, brought him to Moscow to be the Communist Party secretary. In 1987-1988, Yeltsin clashed with and criticized Gorbachev over the pace of reforms. As a result, he was stripped of the Communist Party secretary post.