# Boris Yeltsin

> The man who stood atop a tank in 1991 and helped end the Soviet Union, then presided over Russia's chaotic lurch into capitalism - shock therapy, oligarchs, a parliament stormed by loyal troops, and a hobbled superpower losing its footing.

*Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931-2007)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/boris-yeltsin

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Russia
- **Born:** 1931-02-01
- **Died:** 2007-04-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in the Urals in 1931, Yeltsin worked construction before climbing the Communist Party ladder to First Secretary in Sverdlovsk. He backed Gorbachev's perestroika, then broke left, calling the reforms too timid - in 1987 he became the first person to resign from the Politburo, cementing his anti-establishment credentials. By 1991 he was Russia's first popularly elected head of state and a key architect of the Soviet Union's formal dissolution that December. As president of the new Russian Federation, he launched economic shock therapy: privatization, price liberalization, the ruble set loose. The result was volatility, inflation, and a handful of oligarchs seizing much of the national wealth. In 1993 he dissolved parliament unconstitutionally, survived an impeachment and armed uprising, then ruled by decree under a new constitution that magnified presidential power. Two brutal Chechen wars followed. He resigned at the end of 1999, handing power to Vladimir Putin, and died in 2007 - once wildly popular, ultimately widely despised, his legacy split between the freedoms he introduced and the wreckage he left behind.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 78.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 31.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 14.5 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0947418/ (@nm0947418)

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #20th Century

## Timeline
- **2011** - Order of the Cross of Vytis
- **2007** - Died
- **2006** - Order of Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy 1st Class
- **2002** - Honorary Citizen of Yerevan
- **2000** - Order of the Three Stars
- **1998** - Commemorative medal of A. M. Gorchakov
- **1992** - Gold Olympic Order
- **1978** - Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- **1966** - Order of the Badge of Honour
- **1931** - Born

## Sources
- [Boris Jelcyn](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Jelcyn)
- [Boris Nikolajewitsch Jelzin](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Nikolajewitsch_Jelzin)
- [Borís Yeltsin](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bor%C3%ADs_Yeltsin)
- [Ельцин, Борис Николаевич](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Boris Nikolaevič El'cin](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Nikolaevi%C4%8D_El'cin)
- [Boris Eltsine](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Eltsine)
- [Boris Jeltsin](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Jeltsin)
- [Boris Iéltsin](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_I%C3%A9ltsin)
- [鲍里斯·叶利钦](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B2%8D%E9%87%8C%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E5%8F%B6%E5%88%A9%E9%92%A6)
- [ボリス・エリツィン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%84%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34453)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Boris%20Yeltsin)
- [Borisos Jelcins](https://bat_smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borisos_Jelcins)
- [Boris Yeltsin](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin)
- [Boris Yeltsin](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin)
- [بوریس یئلتسین](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)
- [Борис Ельцин](https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BD)
- [Boris Yeltsin](https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin)
- [ቦሪስ ዬልትሲን](https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%A6%E1%88%AA%E1%88%B5_%E1%8B%AC%E1%88%8D%E1%89%B5%E1%88%B2%E1%8A%95)
- [Boris Jeljcin](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Jeljcin)
- [Boris Yeltsin](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin)
- [Borís Yeltsin](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bor%C3%ADs_Yeltsin)
- [Borís Ieltsin](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bor%C3%ADs_Ieltsin)
- [Ельцин, Борис Николаевич](https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [بۆریس یێڵتسین](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%86%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DB%8C%DB%8E%DA%B5%D8%AA%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)
- [Boris Yeltsin](https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin)
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- [বরিস য়েলৎসিন](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8_%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8E%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8)

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