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.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| President Boris Yeltsin | 1 |
| Yeltsin | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
President of Russia
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head of state ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of Lenin
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Order of the October Revolution ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Novodevichy Cemetery
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surface form:
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
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| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| child | Tatyana Dyachenko ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russia
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-02-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2007-04-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Ural Federal University
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surface form:
Ural State Technical University
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| familyName |
Boris Yeltsin
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Yeltsin
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| fieldOfStudy | engineering ⓘ |
| givenName | Boris ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment |
Sergei Kiriyenko
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Sergei Stepashin NERFINISHED ⓘ Viktor Chernomyrdin ⓘ Vladimir Putin ⓘ Yegor Gaidar ⓘ Yevgeny Primakov ⓘ |
| knownFor |
initiating economic shock therapy reforms in Russia
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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
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Democratic Russia ⓘ Our Home – Russia ⓘ |
| militaryConflict |
First Chechen War
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Second Chechen War ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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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
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surface form:
Moscow, Russia
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| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
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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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Yeltsin
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President Boris Yeltsin