Boris Yeltsin

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Boris Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, known for his pivotal role in opposing the August 1991 Soviet coup attempt and overseeing Russia’s transition from Soviet rule.

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President Boris Yeltsin 1
Yeltsin 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of Russia
head of state
human
politician
awardReceived Order of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution
burialPlace Novodevichy Cemetery
surface form: Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
causeOfDeath heart failure
child Tatyana Dyachenko
countryOfCitizenship Russia
Soviet Union
dateOfBirth 1931-02-01
dateOfDeath 2007-04-23
educatedAt Ural Federal University
surface form: Ural State Technical University
familyName Boris Yeltsin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yeltsin
fieldOfStudy engineering
givenName Boris
headOfGovernment Sergei Kiriyenko
Sergei Stepashin NERFINISHED
Viktor Chernomyrdin
Vladimir Putin
Yegor Gaidar
Yevgeny Primakov
knownFor initiating economic shock therapy reforms in Russia
leading the dissolution of the Soviet Union
opposing the August 1991 Soviet coup attempt
overseeing Russia’s transition to a market economy
resigning the presidency on 1999-12-31
memberOfPoliticalParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Democratic Russia
Our Home – Russia
militaryConflict First Chechen War
Second Chechen War
numberOfChildren 2
occupation engineer
politician
officeEnd 1999-12-31
officeStart 1991-07-10
participatedIn August 1991 Soviet coup attempt
placeOfBirth Butka, Ural Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
placeOfDeath Moscow
surface form: Moscow, Russia
positionHeld Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU
President of the Russian Federation
member of the Politburo of the CPSU
member of the State Duma of Russia
precededBy Mikhail Gorbachev as de facto leader of Russia
religion Russian Orthodox Church
replacedBy Vladimir Putin
roleInEvent leader of resistance to the August 1991 coup
sexOrGender male
signature Boris Yeltsin signature image file (commons media)
signed Belavezha Accords
spouse Naina Yeltsina

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Novodevichy Cemetery burialPlaceOf Boris Yeltsin
Stanislav Shushkevich coSignedWith Boris Yeltsin
First Chechen War commander Boris Yeltsin
Ipatiev House demolitionOrderedBy Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin familyName Boris Yeltsin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Yeltsin
Russian SFSR notableLeader Boris Yeltsin
Alexander Rutskoy opposed Boris Yeltsin
Gennady Yanayev opposedBy Boris Yeltsin
this entity surface form: President Boris Yeltsin
Belavezha Accords signatoryLeader Boris Yeltsin