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Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin | |
|---|---|
Борис Ельцин | |
.jpg) Official Portrait, c. 1991-93 | |
| 1st President of Russia | |
| In office 25 December 1991 – 31 December 1999 As President of Russian SFSR from 10 July 1991 to 25 December 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Russia) Mikhail Gorbachev (as President of the Soviet Union) |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Putin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1, 1931 Butka, Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union |
| Died | April 23, 2007 (aged 76)[1] Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Spouse(s) | Naina Yeltsina |
Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin (
listen (help·info); Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин; February 1, 1931 – April 23, 2007) was the first President of Russia and the country's first elected leader. He served from 1991 to 1999.[2]
- ↑ "Former Russian President Yeltsin dies". Sky News. 23 April 2007. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ↑ "Russian ex-president Yeltsin dies". BBC. 23 April 2007.
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