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    Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who was the first president of Russia from...
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    The presidency of Boris Yeltsin began with his first inauguration on 10 July 1991, and ended on 31 December 1999 when he announced his resignation. A...
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    Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Russia, died of cardiac arrest on 23 April 2007, twelve days after being admitted to the Central Clinical Hospital...
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    victory for the incumbent Russian president Boris Yeltsin, who ran as an independent politician. Yeltsin defeated the Communist Party of the Russian Federation...
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  • the security forces and government, became the successor to President Boris Yeltsin. After serving as the head of the Federal Security Service of the Russian...
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    the Politburo and brought Boris Yeltsin into the Central Committee Secretariat. On 23 December 1985, Gorbachev appointed Yeltsin First Secretary of the Moscow...
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    Boris Yeltsin, who had been both an ally and critic of Gorbachev. The GKChP was poorly organized and met with effective resistance by both Yeltsin and...
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    Russia from 1991 to 1993. He was proclaimed acting president following Boris Yeltsin's impeachment during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, in which...
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    a referendum held in March that year. The result was a victory for Boris Yeltsin, who received 58.6% of the vote. In the election of the Supreme Soviet...
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    On 30 September 1994, Boris Yeltsin, then President of the Russian Federation, was scheduled for an official state visit to Ireland but failed to get...
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  • Inauguration of Boris Yeltsin may refer to: First inauguration of Boris Yeltsin, 1991 Second inauguration of Boris Yeltsin, 1996 This disambiguation page...
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  • That's Yeltsin!" "Boris Nikolayevich," says the squad leader, "duck down please." And the soldiers begin shooting. A stern President Yeltsin asks Vice...
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  • starring Jeff Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia and Liev Schreiber. In the film, Boris Yeltsin secretly hires three American consultants during his 1996 reelection...
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    the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). In 1991, Boris Yeltsin was elected president of the RSFSR, becoming the first non-Communist...
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    Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center, also known simply as the Yeltsin Center, is a social, cultural and educational center, which opened in Yekaterinburg...
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    In 1996, he moved to Moscow to join the administration of President Boris Yeltsin. He briefly served as the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB)...
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    into the Russian post-Soviet economy. In the 1990s under President Boris Yeltsin, he was the first governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1991–1997)...
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  • Oligarchs became increasingly influential in Russian politics during Boris Yeltsin's presidency (1991–1999); they helped finance his re-election in 1996...
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    headed the Moscow affiliate of the Swiss firm, Runicom. In August 1995, Boris Yeltsin decreed the creation of Sibneft, of which Abramovich and Berezovsky...
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    born 31 January 1950) is a Russian former KGB general who served as Boris Yeltsin's bodyguard, confidant, and adviser for eleven years. He was the head...
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    (AVVA), a venture fund he formed in 1993 with Alexander Voloshin (Boris Yeltsin's future Chief of Staff) and AvtoVAZ Chairman Vladimir Kadannikov. Berezovsky...
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    Naina Yeltsina (redirect from Naina Yeltsin)
    born 14 March 1932) is the widow of the first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin. Naina Yeltsina was born in the Orenburg Oblast in 1932. After graduating...
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    Electoral history of Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of Russia. 1st Moscow constituency: Boris Yeltsin — 91.53% Boris Yeltsin — 535 votes (53.9%) Aleksandr...
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    living people.[citation needed] In 1990, he opposed the election of Boris Yeltsin to the chairmanship of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, describing him...
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    Acting Prime Minister under President Boris Yeltsin in 1992 from 15 June until 14 December, when the anti-Yeltsin Russian Congress of People's Deputies...
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    the Gorbachev Foundation, became a vocal critic of Russian presidents Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin, and campaigned for Russia's social-democratic movement...
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    The Boris Yeltsin presidential campaign, 1996 was the reelection campaign of Russian President Boris Yeltsin in the 1996 election. Yeltsin was ultimately...
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    Gazprom's political influence increased markedly after Russian President Boris Yeltsin appointed the company's chairman Chernomyrdin as his Prime Minister...
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    The second inauguration of Boris Yeltsin as the president of Russia took place on Friday, August 9, 1996. The ceremony was held at the State Kremlin Palace...
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    Tatyana Yumasheva (category Family of Boris Yeltsin)
    17 January 1960) is the younger daughter of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Naina Yeltsina. Since 2009, Yumasheva has been a citizen of Austria...
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