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Was Boris Yeltsin the strong communist leader of East Germany?
No. Boris Yeltsin was the leader of Russia as the Soviet Union was ending (note that he was the leader of the Russian part of the Soviet Union; he was not the leader of the Soviet Union itself), and then he was the first President of Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union. East Germany was ruled by Walter Ulbricht from 1950 until 1971, and then from 1971 until 1989 it was ruled by Erich Honecker. It was briefly ruled by Egon Krenz in 1989 as the country collapsed and reunified with West Germany.
Who was the leader that made reforms which lead to the breakup of the soviet union?
Mikhail Gorbachev.
Who were members of the elite in the soviet union from the end of world war ii until glasnost and the breakup of the soviet union?
the spetsnaz was russias elite fighting force from the end of WW2 until the breakup of the soviet union and are actually still around today, fighting terrorism in russia
What was Vladimir Lenin?
Vladimir Lenin was the leader of Russia from 1917 to 1922. He was a communist, and he turned Russia into the Soviet Union. Lenin was predecessor to Stalin.
Why was Vladimir Lenin the first leader of Russia?
Lenin was not the first leader of Russia. He was the first leader of the Soviet Union when it was organized under the Treaty of the Soviet Union in late 1923 early 1924. Lenin was physically incapacitated by his strokes by then so he was not a true leader of government; however he is counted as the first leader of the new Soviet Union.
Is the soviet union in US?
no, its not! The Soviet Union is Russia.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1964?
Joseph Stalin was leader of Russia in 1948.
Who presided over the Soviet Union during the Cold War and just prior to its breakup?
Several men presided over the Soviet Union during the Cold War; the last leader of the Soviet Union was Boris Yel'tsin.
What country was Josef Stalin the leader during World War 2?
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the second leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), also known as the Soviet Union and sometimes referred to, somewhat inaccurately, as "Russia". The USSR no longer exists as of 1991. Russia, the largest part of the former Soviet Union, is now a country.
The breakup of the three-bloc system was caused by?
the breakup of the Soviet Union
What is the leader of the Soviet Union called?
The leader of Russia is called the Prime Minister, but there is also a president (kinda like in Germany where they also have a chancellor and a president). However there is no longer a Soviet union.
Two problems that afflicted Russia and the other new republics since the breakup of the Soviet Union?
There were two problems that afflicted Russia and the other republics after the fall of the Soviet Union. The first problem was environmental issues, and the second problem was the demographics of the region.
