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Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007)

Author of Against the Grain: An Autobiography

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Boris Yeltsin was born on February 1, 1931. He graduated from the Ural Polytechnic Institute in Sverdlovsk, where he studied construction, in 1955. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1990 and began working for the administration in 1968. He became the first show more President of the Russian Federation in 1991 and served until 1999, when he resigned naming Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as acting president until the next election. He died on April 23, 2007 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин

Zapiski prezidenta published in English as The struggle for Russia

Image credit: Credit: White House Office photo, Oct. 23, 1995, New Hyde Park, NY
(Collection WJC-WHPO: Photographs of the
White House Photograph Office (Clinton Administration),
National Archives and Records Administration,
ARC identifier: 596517)

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After reading Gromyko's book, I wanted more of that and I decided also to read Jeltsin's story and the book by Gorbachev.

Well, this Rusland, mijn verhaal was okay, but for me nothing more than that. While reading I got the feeling of the sad little boy that seeks recognition for the fact that he's been treated badly by the big boys in higher classes.
A kind of 'it all happened to me but it was not at all my fault' idea. That made contents of the story not less interesting, but a lot more difficult to read. I sometimes even wanted to give up. Since I didn't, the book gets 2 stars.… (more)
 
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BoekenTrol71 | 1 other review | Mar 31, 2013 |
While there has been much written about Yeltsin since 1990, this book is interesting, because it catches this leader at the time the wall has come down and the empire is splitting up.
 
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carterchristian1 | Jun 7, 2010 |
Boris Yeltsin writes a self-serving defense of his misrule of Russia. Yawn.
 
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cestovatela | 1 other review | Apr 10, 2007 |

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