Who is Borin Yelstin ?

Answer 1

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин (help·info)) (February 1, 1931 – April 23, 2007[1]) was, from 1991 to 1999, the first president of the Russian Federation.

In June 1991 Yeltsin came to power on a wave of high expectations. On June 12 Yeltsin was elected president of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic with 57% of the vote, becoming the first popularly elected president in Russian history. But Yeltsin never recovered his popularity after a series of economic and political crises in Russia in the 1990s. The Yeltsin era was a traumatic period in Russian history; a period marked by widespread corruption, economic collapse, and enormous political and social problems. By the time he left office, Yeltsin was a deeply unpopular figure in Russia, with an approval rating as low as two percent by some estimates. [2]

Following the dissolution of Soviet Union in December 1991, Yeltsin, vowing to transform Russia's socialist planned economy into a capitalist market economy, endorsed a program of "shock therapy," cutting Soviet-era price controls and introducing drastic cuts in state spending. The reforms immediately devastated the living standards of much of the population, especially the groups dependent on Soviet-era state subsidies and welfare entitlement programs.[3] Through the 1990s, Russia's GDP fell 50 percent, vast sectors of the economy were wiped out, income, inequality and unemployment grew dramatically, hyperinflation wiped out many families' savings, and tens of millions of Russians were plunged into poverty.[4]

In August 1991, Yeltsin won international plaudits for casting himself as a democrat and defying the August coup attempt of 1991 by hard-line Communists. But he left office widely despised as a desperate, ailing autocrat among the Russian population.[5] As president, Yeltsin's conception of the presidency was highly autocratic. Yeltsin either acted as his own prime minister (until June 1992) or appointed men of his choice, regardless of parliament. His confrontations with parliament climaxed in the October 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, when Yeltsin called up tanks to shell the Russian White House, blasting out his opponents in parliament. Later in 1993, Yeltsin imposed a new constitution with strong presidential powers, which was approved by referendum in December.

After the 1998 Russian financial crisis, Yeltsin was at the end of his political career. Just hours before the first day of 2000, Yeltsin made a surprise announcement of his resignation, leaving the presidency in the hands of Vladimir Putin.

Answer 2

Boris Yeltsin was the firrst democratically-elected president in Russia, after the fall of the USSR.

Answer 3

BORIS Yeltsin was formerly the leader of the Soviet Union who worked hard to bring democracy and capitalism to the Soviet Union. While it was Gorbachev who received all the credit,it was Yeltsin who was the driving force that oversaw the decline and final ouster of Communism in the Soviet Union.

Answer 4

First, it's who "was".
He was a russian politician. He helped the communism to vanish. Before him: communism, USSR. After him: no more communism, Russia! He ruled this country from about 1990 and 2000 when Putin was elected.
He is quite famous you know...

Answer 5

Boris Yeltsin was the president of Russia who died a couple of days ago.

Answer 6

Boris was a leader of the USSR who helped to break it away from communism,

funny the USA would become communist in the USSR's Stead.

Answer 7

Do you mean Boris Yelstin? He was the leader of Russia at one time. I got to see him at a G7 summitt in Canada once.

Answer 8

a dead russian friend of John Major

Answer 9

first non communist president of russia