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=Boris Yeltsin=

Years in Office 10 July 1991 – 31 December 1999

Overview
Boris Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. He came to power with a many of high expectations. On 12 June 1991 he was elected president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic with over half of the vote, becoming the first popularly elected president. But Yeltsin never recovered his popularity after a series of economic and political crises in Russia in the 1990s. The Yeltsin era was marked by widespread corruption, economic collapse, and enormous political and social problems. By the time he left office, Yeltsin had an approval rating of two percent by some estimates 

Central Issues
Yeltsin had a number of problems while in office. The economic collapse was one of the major events that Yeltsin was responsible with. Gorbachev's influence on capitalism started a war the American’s known as //__ The Cold War __//. When Yeltsin came on the scene he wanted to stop the downward spiral of communism in Russia. The country was divided and Yeltsin soon found himself not only fighting for the right of Russia but when the American entered the war we brought our input on communism as well.



Conclusion /Historical Significance
 Boris Yeltsin’s influence was surly recognized after the Cold War ended and Russia’s country was divided into two parties. After the fight with __ Grobachev, __ major showdown with the Russian parliament in December 1992. Yeltsin dissolved parliament in September 1993 and a sit-in began. In early October 1 993, a confrontation occurred, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries as well as considerable damage to several Moscow landmarks. The sit-in was eventually stopped. Yeltsin survived the political crisis, but his reputation suffered. The democratic Yeltsin who protested in the streets of Moscow in the late 1980s was forgotten and a dictatorial image of Yeltsin emerged. Yeltsin remained at the height of Russian politics, but as a less heroic figure than the Yeltsin of 1991. Although reelected in 1996, Yeltsin's future was clouded by Russia's economic crisis and the failure of his reform program, combined with the bitter aftertaste of Yeltsin's confrontation with __ parliament __.

References (2009-10.1.2.B)
//1. Boris Yeltsin//. Noble Bio. Web. .

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