Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007)
Author of Against the Grain: An Autobiography
About the Author
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
Disambiguation Notice:
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)
(Collection WJC-WHPO: Photographs of the
White House Photograph Office (Clinton Administration),
National Archives and Records Administration,
ARC identifier: 596517)
Works by Boris Yeltsin
Diario del presidente 1 copy
Associated Works
Offene Worte : Gorbatschow, Ligatschow, Jelzin und 4991 Delegierte diskutieren über den richtigen Weg ; sämtliche… (1988) — Author, some editions — 2 copies
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- Legal name
- Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich
Ельцин, Борис Николаевич - Other names
- Jeltsin, Boris Nikolajevitsj
- Birthdate
- 1931-02-01
- Date of death
- 2007-04-23
- Burial location
- Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Russia
- Country (for map)
- Russie
- Birthplace
- Butka, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, USSR
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russia
- Places of residence
- Butka, Sverdlovsk Oblast, USSR
Berezniki, Perm Oblast, USSR
Sverdlovsk, USSR
Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation
Moscow, Russia, USSR
Moscow, Russia (show all 7)
Gorki-9, Moscow Oblast, Russia - Education
- Pushkin School Number 1 (Berezniki)
Kirov Ural Polytechnic Institute (Diploma|Construction Engineering|1955) - Occupations
- engineer
politician
President of Russia (1991-1999)
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republican (1990-1991)
Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1981-1991)
Prime Minister of Russia (1991-1992) (show all 7)
Russian Minister of Defence (1992-1992) - Relationships
- Yeltsina, Naina Iosifovna (wife)
Dyachenko, Tatyana Borisovna (daughter)
Okulova, Elena Borisovna (daughter) - Organizations
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Awards and honors
- Order of the Three Stars
Order of Merit for the Fatherland
Order of Lenin - Disambiguation notice
- Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин Zapiski prezidenta published in English as The struggle for Russia
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Statistics
- Works
- 16
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 286
- Popularity
- #81,618
- Rating
- 2.9
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 53
- Languages
- 15
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)