Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin[a][b] (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Russian politician and statesman who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999.

Nov 13, 2009 · After a long meeting between Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin, a spokesman for the latter announces that the Soviet …

At about noon on Aug. 19, 1991, Boris Yeltsin read the appeal to the people of Russia, standing on the very tank that had been deployed to fire at him. That image went down in history.

Dec 1, 2025 · At 7:32 pm, less than a half hour after the conclusion of Gorbachev’s speech, the Soviet hammer-and-sickle flag was lowered from outside the Kremlin for the final time. It was …

After a long meeting between Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin, a spokesman for the latter announces that the Soviet Union will …

Dec 26, 1991 · Earlier in the day, Gorbachev assured President Bush he would transmit the last remaining prerogative of his office--the Soviet “nuclear button”--to Russian Federation …

Shortly after noon, after Soviet military forces directed by the coup leaders had taken up key positions in the capital, Yeltsin walked out of the parliament building, climbed up on a tank, …

Dec 25, 2016 · The August 1991 attempted coup by hardliners, which humiliated Gorbachev, discredited the state security organs, and made Boris Yeltsin a hero for his defiance (standing …

The GKChP hardliners dispatched KGB agents who detained Gorbachev at his dacha but failed to detain the recently elected president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, who had been both an ally and …

Dec 18, 1991 · President Boris N. Yeltsin of Russia and President Mikhail S. Gorbachev conferred privately today on the now anticlimactic issue of how and when to dispose of the remnants of …