Boris Yeltsin

@Political Leaders, Career and Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Boris Yeltsin was the first President of Russian Federation Depression Russian Leaders Political Leaders Presidents Aquarius Celebrities He is popularly remembered as the first President of the Russian Federation who served from 1991 until 1999. Boris Yeltsin was a prominent Russian politician who guided Russia through the stormy decade of the 1990s. Interestingly, his political career began as a staunch supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev, assisting the latter in eradicating corruption from the Moscow party organization. However with time, he became one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents, criticizing the slow pace of the reforms brought about by Gorbachev. No sooner the tables of his political fortune turned as he was demoted to an administrative office. Nevertheless, not the one to succumb down, he soon returned to the heat of the politics after being elected as the chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet and the rest as they say is history. He became the first elected President of Russian Federation in 1991 and was re-elected to the post in 1996. During his rule as the President, he sought to bring about radical changes in the Russia’s social and economic policies by liberalization and privatization. However his reformative policy backfired as corruption, inflation, economic collapse and enormous political and social problems became rampant. Not the one to hold on to power, he stepped down at the brink of the new century for new leaders to take charge of the country. To know more about his life, scroll further.

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Birthday: February 1, 1931 Died on: April 23, 2007 Nationality: Russian Famous: Leaders, Political Leaders, Presidents Spouses: Naina Yeltsina Childrens: Elena Borisovna Okulova, Tatyana Yumasheva Universities: Pushkin High School Ural Polytechnic Institute Information Detail Birthday February 1, 1931 Died on April 23, 2007 Nationality Russian Famous Leaders, Political Leaders, Presidents Spouses Naina Yeltsina Childrens Elena Borisovna Okulova, Tatyana Yumasheva Universities Pushkin High School Ural Polytechnic Institute Birth Place Butka Political Ideology Communist Party of the Soviet Union Religion Russian Orthodox Gender Male Father Nikolai Yeltsin Mother Klavdiya Vasilyevna Yeltsina Sun Sign Aquarius Born in Butka Died at Age 76

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He tied the nuptial knot with Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina in 1956. The couple was blessed with two daughters Yelena and Tatyana in 1957 and 1959 respectively Unsplash Personal Life

He suffered from heart disease ever since he became the President. He breathed his last on April 23, 2007 due to congestive heart failure. Unsplash Personal Life

He was laid in state in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. Two days later, he was cremated in the Novodevichy Cemetery. Unsplash Personal Life

Boris Yeltsin was born to Nikolai Yeltsin and Klavdiya Vasilyevna Yeltsina in the village of Butka. After the takeover of the harvest by the state, his family moved to Kazan, where his father made a living by working in a construction site. His mother worked as a seamstress. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1949, he took admission in Ural Polytechnic Institute and graduated from the same in 1955, majoring in construction. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Post attaining his graduation degree, he worked as a foreman until 1957 with the building trust Uraltyazhtrubstroy. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

From 1957 to 1963 he worked in Sverdlovsk, and was promoted from construction site superintendent to chief of the Construction Directorate with the Yuzhgorstroy Trust. Meanwhile, in 1961, he joined the Communist Party. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1963, he was promoted as the chief engineer and by 1965 became the head of the Sverdlovsk House-Building Combine, with duties pertaining to the sewerage and technical plumbing. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

From the year 1968, he started contributing full time to the Communist Party. He was appointed head of construction with the Sverdlovsk Regional Party Committee. Unsplash Political Career

In 1975, he was appointed as the Secretary of the regional committee in charge of the industrial development and the following year, became the First Secretary of the CPSU Committee of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Unsplash Political Career

In 1985, when Gorbachev took to power, Yeltsin was appointed First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party, with a task of sweeping out the corruption, thus reforming the political and social structure of the Communist nation. Unsplash Political Career

In 1986, he was appointed as the nonvoting member of the Politburo. However, his alliance with Gorbachev met with a downfall as he criticized the latter for the slow pace of reform. This brought an end to his leadership at the Moscow party in 1987 and his removal from the Politburo in 1988. Unsplash Political Career

Despite being demoted to the position of a deputy minister for construction, he did not get disheartened and turned the tables of his political fortune soon by winning a seat in the U.S.S.R. Congress of People’s Deputies in 1989. Unsplash Political Career

His exceptional political career won him several prestigious Russian and soviet awards including, Order of Merit for the Fatherland, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Badge of Honour and so on. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

Countries across the globe conferred upon him their highest decorations such as Order of Francisc Skorina (Belarus), Knight Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (France), Knight Grand Cross with collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italy), Order of Good Hope (South Africa), Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Vytis (Lithuania), Order ‘For Personal Courage’ (Mongolia) and Order of the Three Stars, (Latvia). Unsplash Awards & Achievements

Posthumously, he was bestowed with the title, Honorary Citizen of the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Kazan, Samara Oblast, Yerevan (Armenia) and Turkmenistan. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

Information	Detail
Birthday	February 1, 1931
Died on	April 23, 2007
Nationality	Russian
Famous	Leaders, Political Leaders, Presidents
Spouses	Naina Yeltsina
Childrens	Elena Borisovna Okulova, Tatyana Yumasheva
Universities	Pushkin High School Ural Polytechnic Institute
Birth Place	Butka
Political Ideology	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Religion	Russian Orthodox
Gender	Male
Father	Nikolai Yeltsin
Mother	Klavdiya Vasilyevna Yeltsina
Sun Sign	Aquarius
Born in	Butka
Died at Age	76

Boris Yeltsin

Russian

Feb 1, 1931

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