Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. Originally a supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yeltsin emerged under the perestroika reforms as one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents. During the late 1980s, Yeltsin had been a member of the Politburo, and in late 1987 tendered a letter of resignation in protest. No one had resigned from the Politburo before...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth1 February 1931
CityButka, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
You have lost the truest and most devoted friend. The most outstanding person, the most wonderful woman, a loving wife and mother has passed away,
Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the sky.
were to return to dust, the period of his rule will remain the brightest and most romantic in Russia's 20th-century history -- simply because Russia had not experienced such high expectations for a very long time.
You have to be more careful in a world filled with all types of weapons, some of which are in the hands of terrorists. All of this is very dangerous. You can't threaten like that, that you'll send in planes and bombs -- no!
With pain I learned about the tragedy that has struck your family, ... You have lost the most loyal and devoted friend. Gone is a wonderful person, a beautiful woman, a loving wife and mother.
Everything that is aimed at countries present here, ... all of those weapons are going to have their warheads removed.
Bill Clinton hopes that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic will capitulate, give up the whole of Yugoslavia. We will not allow this. This is a strategic place.
Everybody will pay taxes and there will be no exceptions.
Every day new problems which need to be addressed urgently are building up, ... Those that already exist are becoming more acute.
A total of 1,580 people, the civilian population, suffered as a result of the bloody wave of terrorist acts that swept over Moscow and other towns and villages of our country.
We will meet and discuss the question of how to get out of the situation without getting into a big war,
We will bring order both to Dagestan and other republics in the North Caucasus,
What can I say? The year was difficult for this country, for many of you, and for me, too. But New Year's Eve is always about new hopes, new dreams, new plans,
We should find a compromise which would suit everyone,