- Wikipedia: Boris Yeltsin
Profile of Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. Discusses Yeltsin's early life, career in the Communist Party, post-Soviet presidency, and life after resignation.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin
- BBC News: Russian Ex-President Yeltsin Dies
2007 BBC obituary of former Russian President Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, known for his role in transforming the Soviet Union.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6584481.stm
- BBC News: Boris Yeltsin, Master of Surprise
1999 news article about former Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Discusses high and low points in his political career, from rallying the people of Moscow in 1991 to an embarassing 1997 meeting with the Pope.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/341959.stm
- Timeline of Boris Yeltsin's Life and Career
Important dates in the life of Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first popularly elected President. See events from Yeltsin's birth in 1931 to his resignation in favor of Vladimir Putin in 1999. From Infoplease.
www.infoplease.com/spot/yeltsintimeline1.html
- CME: Yeltsin's V.I.P. Depression
Report by Martin Ebon on the various health problems suffered by the late Russian president, Boris N. Yeltsin.
www.mhsource.com/exclusive/yeltsin.html
- Talented Mr. Boris Yeltsin, The
Lengthy biography of Boris Yeltsin, the first popularly elected Russian President. Covers Yeltsin's relationship to the Soviet elite, his election in 1991, and the crisis in Chechnya.
www.pwhce.org/yeltsin.html
- Wikiquote: Boris Yeltsin
Read user-submitted quotes attributed to former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first popularly elected leader.
en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin
- PBS NewsHour: Boris Yeltsin Wins Russian Presidential Elections
Transcript of a 1996 episode of PBS NewsHour, featuring Condoleezza Rice and Leon Aron discussing Boris Yeltsin's re-election to the Russian Presidency.
www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/july96/runoff_results3_7-4.html
- New York Times: Boris Yeltsin, Russia's First Post-Soviet Leader, Is Dead
2007 New York Times obituary of former Russian President Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, whose reforms led to the end of the Soviet Union.
www.nytimes.com/2007/04/23/world/europe/23cnd-yeltsin.html?ref=obituaries
- Guardian Unlimited: Yeltsin's Russia
Collected news articles about the political career of Boris Yeltsin, the former Russian President. With a Yeltsin biography and timeline of important dates. From the Guardian.
www.guardian.co.uk/yeltsin
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