Title: Boris Yeltsin - Wikipedia
Headings: Boris Yeltsin
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

Content: The crisis ended after troops loyal to Yeltsin stormed the parliament building and stopped an armed uprising; he then introduced a new constitution which significantly expanded the powers of the president. Secessionist sentiment in the Russian Caucasus led to the First Chechen War, War of Dagestan, and Second Chechen War between 1994 and 1999. Internationally, Yeltsin promoted renewed collaboration with Europe and signed arms control agreements with the United States. Amid growing internal pressure, he resigned by the end of 1999 and was succeeded by his chosen successor, former Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Out of office, he kept a low profile, but he was accorded a state funeral following his death in April 2007. Yeltsin was a controversial figure. Domestically, he was highly popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s, although his reputation was damaged by the economic and political crises of his presidency, and he left office widely unpopular with the Russian population. He received praise and criticism for his role in dismantling the Soviet Union, transforming Russia into a representative democracy, and introducing new political, economic, and cultural freedoms to the country. Conversely, he was accused of economic mismanagement, overseeing a massive growth in inequality and corruption, and sometimes of undermining Russia's standing as a major world power.