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Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin , 1931-2007, Soviet and Russian politician, president of Russia (1991-99). Born in Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk) and educated at the Urals Polytechnic Institute, Yeltsin began his career as a construction worker (1953-68). He joined the Communist party in 1961, becoming... Read more |
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October
OCTOBER 1993 EVENTS During the October 1993 events, Boris Yeltsin's forcible dissolution of parliament took Russia to the edge of civil war. Seen as decisive and essential by his supporters, the dissolution was a radically divisive action, the consequences of which continued to reverberate through... Read more |
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Andrei Kozyrev
Andrei Vladimirovich Kozyrev Andrei Vladimirovich Kozyrev (born 1951) became the Russian minister of foreign affairs a year before Russia became independent. He later became one of the more liberal, pro-Western figures in Boris Yeltsin's cabinet. He was forced to resign in January 1996 as... Read more |
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August Coup
August Coup attempted coup (Aug. 18-22, 1991) against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev . On the eve of the signing ceremony for a new union treaty for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, members of the Politburo and the heads of the Soviet military and security services detained Gorbachev... Read more |
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Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin , 1938-, Soviet and Russian government official. Beginning in 1957, he held positions in the Soviet national oil and gas industry, serving (1985-89) as minister in control of the nation's huge energy complex. After the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Chernomyrdin... Read more |
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Alexander Lebed
Alexander Ivanovich Lebed A former paratrooper in the Russian Army, General Alexander Lebed (born 1950) served briefly as Russia's national security chief under president Boris Yeltsin before moving on to become one of Yeltsin's most probable successors. He is regarded as a fierce nationalist and... Read more |
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin , 1952-, Russian government official and political leader, b. Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). After graduating from the Leningrad State Univ. law school in 1975 (he also holds a doctorate in economics), he served in the KGB for 15 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant... Read more |
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Yuri Luzhkov
Yuri Luzhkov Russian politician Yuri Luzhkov (born 1936) has proven to be a popular mayor of Moscow. He has ushered in reforms to the economy and infrastructure that have increased the prosperity of the nation's capital. Yuri Luzhkov, mayor of Moscow since his appointment by Boris Yeltsin in... Read more |
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Unity Party
UNITY (MEDVED) PARTY Boris Yeltsin's second and final term as president would expire in June 2000, and he anxiously searched for a viable successor. In summer 1999 a serious challenge emerged from two powerful regional leaders, Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov and Tatarstan president Mintimer Shaimiev.... Read more |
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Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko , 1933-, Russian poet, b. Zima. Along with Andrei Voznesensky and several others he helped revive the tradition of Russian lyric poetry. Yevtushenko's first book of poems was published in 1952. He soon became the most popular spokesman of the young generation of... Read more |
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Farewell, my Boris Nikolayevich.. LAST KISS BY YELTSIN'S TEARFUL WIDOW.(News)
...MARK ELLIS, Foreign Editor SOBBING Naina Yeltsin shares a last...Queen, to pay their last...fortune under Yeltsin, was also at the ceremony. Russian President Vladimir...Putin led the dignitaries in the service...without a job by Yeltsin, kissed Naina...yesterday was a ... |
 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Russians weep for hero Yeltsin.(News)
...yesterday to pay tribute to Boris Yeltsin, Russia's...Soviet president. Yeltsin, who died of...tarnished legacy. Foreign countries seemed...second-tier dignitaries to come to the...I followed Yeltsin as soon as he... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Church hosts rite for Yeltsin
...rite for Yeltsin -- Thousands pay tribute to leaderBy...of Boris Yeltsin in a vast...the list of foreign dignitaries flying in...place for Russian dreamers...politicians.Yeltsin died Monday...age 76.Russians lined up... |
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Mitterrand Funeral Includes Many Dignitaries
00-00-0000 Foreign dignitaries flocked to Notre...earlier today to pay tribute to former French...More than 250 dignitaries paid their respects...President Gore, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Israeli President... |
 "The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)")
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Russia Yeltsin rites today draw dignitaries MOSCOW - Thousands...casket of Boris Yeltsin in the vast...the list of foreign dignitaries...place for Russian dreamers and...leaders from Yeltsin's era expected...Elizabeth II will pay tribute to the victims... |
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Strange noises from Radio Liberty.(Commentary)(Editorials)
...secretary of state pays a visit to...accompanied by Czech foreign minister Josef...and Czech dignitaries. Their stated...employees, is to pay "tribute to the importance...generated by Russian stringers and...opinion of the Russian Security Service...entangling Yeltsin ... |
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