Borris Yeltsin was elected by popular vote to the position of President of the Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in June 1991. He won 57% of the vote against with 6 other candidates. When the USSR was dissolved in December, Yeltsin remained in office, becoming the first president of the Russian Federation. He was reelected in 1996.

He advised people in Moscow to oppose the coup.

It entirely depends upon your political point of view, although in my opinion, Yeltsin was a change for the worse. The USSR under Gorbachev combined political liberalisation and an improvement in Russia's human rights along with many of the good things about Communism, i.e. equal free health care for all, universal housing, employment, public transport etc. etc. Yeltsin oversaw the destruction of all these benefits whilst doing little to take political and humanitarian freedoms much further than they already went under Gorbachev- he encouraged the collapse of most state provision in favour of rampant 'bandit capitalism', permitting millions of people to become impoverished, destitute and unemployed for the sake of constructing a market economy that allowed the rise of the oligarchs. A tiny handful of buisnessmen and entrepreneurs became colossally wealthy at the expense of the majority of ordinary people, and Yeltsin did little to allieviate their suffering for as long as it lasted. It took the attempted Communist counter-revolution of November '93, along with the collapse of the Russian economy in '98, to force him to take the welfare of the masses seriously. It's true that Yeltsin did sign some significant arms reduction treaties with the US, and also that the death penalty was abolished in Russia under his leadership, although in the latter case, this wasn't until towards the end of his Presidency.

Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) was the first President of post-USSR Russia. Elected President in 1991 with 57% of the vote, he defied the August Coup and vowed to turn Russia into a capitalist democracy and as a result won much respect from the the West. Two years later, the new country came on the brink of collapse with an attack on government buildings and a constitutional crisis. However, Yeltsin's government prevailed and the Constitution was revised to give the President more powers. He was reelected in 1996.

The westernisation of Russia was certainly a bumpy ride. Mistakes made in privatising the economy caused large amounts of wealth to fall into the hands of a few "oligarchs". The Yeltsin era was marked by corruption, political and social turmoil, Yeltsin's attempts to intervene against political opposition and the media and a disastrous financial collapse in 1998. By the end of his presidency, he was widely unpopular; his approval rating was rumoured to be about 2%.

Yeltsin resigned on New Year's Eve, 1999. He was succeeded by Vladamir Putin, who was then Prime Minister. Putin could not be any more of a contrast - he came across as boring, but brought stability and strong economic growth.

Boris Yeltsin was born on February 1, 1931 and died on April 23, 2007. Boris Yeltsin would have been 76 years old at the time of death or 84 years old today.

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Boris Yeltsin made many reforums that helped Russia's economy

The pro-Capitalist policies of Boris Yeltsin found a reluctant agreement with many in Russia, but the courtship between Yeltsin and the West, particularly America, was met with very strong opposition. Yeltsin fielded many corruption allegations, and many were true. The Soviet ideology, which taught people to resist exploitation was still strong; it was one of the reasons the Soviet republics dissolved from the Soviet Union!

Anyway, nevertheless, many Russians were displeased with the old Soviet controllers, but equally were displeased with a new man who simply suckled their old enemies; it would be the equivalent of George W. Bush talking the evils of Islamic fundamentalism, and a new prime minister [assuming a government change] literally cheering the progressive implementation of Sharia law. The Russians, common and elite would see this in just as threatening a light, which led to Yeltsin having a very troubled presidency and the target of a very well coordinated, but unsuccessful coup d'etat.

He presided over the bumpy transition of Russia from the fall of the USSR to the modern country it is today.

After he won the war against mao zedong

He initially avoided being caught up in the coup, and instead took refuge in the Russian White House (the seat of the provincial Parliament) while tanks took control of the Kremlin. Then at a crucial moment, a group of tanks arrived at the building and Yeltsin came out, climbed onto a tank, and made a speech that declared the coup was illegal and the people of Moscow must come out to oppose it. The news spread around the city and 50,000 protestors turned up at the White House in support of Yeltsin. The coup plotters backed away from attacking the building, realising it would result in carnage. As a result, they gave up and Gorbachev was released.

The Russian economy collapsed a year before destroying whatever popularity and numerous attempts too force him from office.

Dmitriy Medvedev succeeded Vladimir Putin as Russian President in May 2008.

He was originally the party boss for the city of Svedlovsk (now called Yekaterinburg), the fourth largest city in Russia. He became part of Gorbachev's government in 1985, as the Moscow city party boss.

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He told the Russian people that the coup was bad, advised all the people of Moscow against the coup, and openly supported Gorbachev.

A Russian leader who opposed a coup