Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin (born 1931), who became president of Russia in 1991, was one of the most complex and enigmatic political leaders of his time. A long-time Communist Party leader in Sverdlovsk (Ekaterinburg) and later Moscow, he was an...

Yeltsin, Boris FORMER PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA 1931– Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was born on February 1, 1931, and raised in Sverdlovsk (Ekaterinburg) Oblast in the Ural Mountains. Trained as an engineer, Yeltsin rose through local construction and...

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (IPA: [bʌˈrʲis nʲikoˈlajevɨtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn] Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин (help·info)) (February 1 1931 - April 23 2007) was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from...

Collapse of Soviet Union tops major events of 1991. With the crumbling of the great country which now has passed into history the bread basket has gone to the Russian President Boris Yeltsin (61). He has at various times been dismissed, both in...

A 29-YEAR-OLD student in Moscow gave this assessment of Boris Yeltsin, who died yesterday at age 76: "It's too early to judge properly now, but in 10 or 20 years we will be able to judge." However, from an outside perspective, here's a preliminary...

Reaction to death of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin:"A man must live like a great, bright flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is better than a mean, little flame." _ Boris N. Yeltsin___"Life dictated that...

Former President Boris Yeltsin _ who engineered the final collapse of the Soviet Union and pushed Russia toward pluralism and a market economy _ has died, an official said Monday. He was 76.Kremlin spokesman Alexander Smirnov confirmed Yeltsin's death. Yeltsin died of heart failure Monday...