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1 day ago · Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin[a][b] (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as the president of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1990.
Sep 20, 2024 · Collapse of the Soviet Union - Yeltsin, Post-Soviet, Russia: Yeltsin was elected president of Russia in 1990. The republics claimed their independence and established the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The Soviet Union was formally dissolved at midnight on December 31, 1991.
4 days ago · Boris stalled over central Europe and, in just four days, brought unprecedented levels of rainfall across Poland, Austria, Slovakia, Romania, and the Czech Republic, leaving rivers overflowing...
6 days ago · Top pollster John Curtice believes Labour’s historic victory in July was down to Boris Johnson and Liz Truss – not Keir Starmer or his party. According to the political scientist and professor,...
2 days ago · Boris Yeltsin and his followers saw the USSR as an oppressor of Russia, thereby accelerating the mostly peaceful division of the former Soviet Union. [131] On 27 April 1992, Yugoslavia formally disintegrated and with it vanished any mention of Marxist–Leninism in its Serbian and Montenegrin successor state.
Sep 15, 2024 · Countries across Central and Eastern Europe are facing extreme flooding as Storm Boris wreaks havoc across the continent. A firefighter has died during a flood rescue in Austria and people have...
6 days ago · Meanwhile, Boris Johnson more than held his party’s 45 per cent support in the weeks immediately after the 2019 ballot. This is not surprising. A new government offers the prospect of turning a...
