Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (Russian: Борис Николаевич Ельцин; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the first president of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1990. He later stood as a political independent, during which time he was viewed as being ideologically aligned with liberalism and Russian nationalism. Yeltsin was born in Butka, Ural Oblast. He grew up in Kazan and Berezniki. After studying at the Ural State Technical University, he worked in construction. After joining the Communist Party, he rose through its ranks, and in 1976 he became First Secretary of the party's Sverdlovsk Oblast committee. Yeltsin was initially a supporter of the perestroika reforms of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. He later criticized the reforms as being too moderate, and called for a transition to a multi-party representative democracy. In 1987 he was the first person to resign from the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which established his popularity as an anti-establishment figure. In 1990, he was elected chair of the Russian Supreme Soviet and in 1991 was elected president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), becoming the first popularly-elected head of state in Russian history. Yeltsin allied with various non-Russian nationalist leaders, and was instrumental in the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union in December of that year. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the RSFSR became the Russian Federation, an independent state. Through that transition, Yeltsin remained in office as president. He was later reelected in the 1996 election, which was claimed by critics to be pervasively corrupt. Yeltsin transformed Russia's command economy into a capitalist market economy by implementing economic shock therapy, market exchange rate of the ruble, nationwide privatization, and lifting of price controls. Economic downturn, volatility and inflation ensued. Amid the economic shift, a small number of oligarchs obtained a majority of the national property and wealth, while international monopolies came to dominate the market. A constitutional crisis emerged in 1993 after Yeltsin ordered the unconstitutional dissolution of the Russian parliament, leading parliament to impeach him. The crisis ended after troops loyal to Yeltsin stormed the parliament building and stopped an armed uprising; he then introduced a new constitution which significantly expanded the powers of the president. Secessionist sentiment in the Russian Caucasus led to the First Chechen War, War of Dagestan, and Second Chechen War between 1994 and 1999. Internationally, Yeltsin promoted renewed collaboration with Europe and signed arms control agreements with the United States. Amid growing internal pressure, he resigned by the end of 1999 and was succeeded as president by his chosen successor, Vladimir Putin, whom he had appointed prime minister a few months earlier. He kept a low profile after leaving office and was accorded a state funeral upon his death in 2007. ... Source: Article "Boris Yeltsin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Boris Yeltsin
  • Popularity: 2.178
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1931-02-01
  • Place of Birth: Butka, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
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  • Also Known As: Boris Nikolajewitsch Jelzin, Boris Nikolaevič El'cin, Boris Eltsine, Boris Ieltsine
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Boris Yeltsin Movies

  • 2023
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    In the Grip of Gazprom

    In the Grip of Gazprom

    8 2023 HD

    The war in the Ukraine has changed the way many European countries view Russian politics. Suddenly it became clear how dependent countries had become...

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  • 2021
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    Крым Юлиана Семёнова

    Крым Юлиана Семёнова

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2021
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    Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!

    Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!

    7.7 2021 HD

    Moscow, January 1996. Boris Yeltsin gets ready to run for a second mandate of the presidency of the young Russian Federation. Polls are in the single...

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  • 2018
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    .RU

    .RU

    1 2018 HD

    Documentary montage film by Alexander Vartanov, a subjective look at the beginning of the 21st century in Russia

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  • 1989
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    Soviet Elegy

    Soviet Elegy

    4.9 1989 HD

    In "The Soviet Elegy" the long train of photos of the Soviet leaders, dead or alive, stops at the portrait of Yeltsin. At the time of shooting...

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  • 1996
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    Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2

    Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2

    1 1996 HD

    Historic Russian battles to repel invaders serve as prelude to the story of events that redrew the map of Eastern Europe and parts of Asia in the...

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  • 2003
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    Baltic Storm

    Baltic Storm

    4.3 2003 HD

    A journalist from Berlin, Germany, and a Swedish lawyer discover the truth behind the sinking of the "MS Estonia" in 1994, where more than 850 people...

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  • 2021
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    Mr. Landsbergis

    Mr. Landsbergis

    8.2 2021 HD

    This film about the Baltic nation of Lithuania from 1989 to 1991, when it broke away from the Soviet Union. This period of peaceful protests...

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  • 1993
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    Salam Aleikum, Ingush people!

    Salam Aleikum, Ingush people!

    1 1993 HD

    Documentary film about ethnic cleansing in the Prigorodny district in October-November 1992.

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  • 1991
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    An Example of Intonation

    An Example of Intonation

    8 1991 HD

    The second film by Sokurov featuring Boris Yeltsin as the principal character. Now he is the President of Russia, invested with power, bearing the...

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  • 2024
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    Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge

    Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge

    6.4 2024 HD

    Russia, China and Iran: three former empires are determined to take their revenge and reassert their power after centuries of humiliation. Since the...

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  • 1989
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    Day of Revelation

    Day of Revelation

    1 1989 HD

    About the leaders and the nature of the activities of informal groups in Moscow: “Democratic Union” and “People’s...

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  • 2016
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    Nemtsov

    Nemtsov

    10 2016 HD

    A story told by those who knew Boris Nemtsov at different times: when he was a young scientist and took his first steps in politics; when he held...

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  • 2011
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    Khodorkovsky

    Khodorkovsky

    4.583 2011 HD

    Khodorkovsky, the richest Russian, challenges President Putin. A fight of the titans begins. Putin warns him. But Khodorkovsky comes back to Russia...

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  • 2017
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    The Man Who Was Too Free

    The Man Who Was Too Free

    6.5 2017 HD

    A documentary about Boris Nemtsov, a prominent figure of Russian political opposition and an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin. Nemtsov was murdered...

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  • 2018
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    Putin's Witnesses

    Putin's Witnesses

    6.5 2018 HD

    Russian Federation, December 31, 1999. After President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin becomes acting president...

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  • 2019
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    Citizen K

    Citizen K

    6.463 2019 HD

    The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky — once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia — who rocketed to prosperity and prominence...

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  • 2009
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    The Shock Doctrine

    The Shock Doctrine

    7.109 2009 HD

    An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror...

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  • 2018
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    Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

    Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

    6.8 2018 HD

    It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by...

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  • 2007
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    The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

    The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

    7.9 2007 HD

    Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have...

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  • 1999
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    Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

    Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

    8.5 1999 HD

    Communism spread to all of the continents of the word, lasting through four generations and over seven decades. Hundreds of millions of men and women...

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  • 2012
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    Tonight

    Tonight

    1 2012 HD

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  • 1991
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    The Second Russian Revolution

    The Second Russian Revolution

    1 1991 HD

    The acclaimed documentary series from 1991 that examined political in-fighting in the Soviet Union and the battle for perestroika.

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  • 1983
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    Frontline

    Frontline

    7.4 1983 HD

    Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's...

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  • 1999
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    President of All Russia

    President of All Russia

    1 1999 HD

    The four—part documentary about the first president of Russia is an attempt to understand the controversial personality of Boris Yeltsin...

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  • 1948
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    Bambi Awards

    Bambi Awards

    9 1948 HD

    The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in...

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  • 2022
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    Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

    Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

    9.2 2022 HD

    What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.

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  • 2024
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    Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

    Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

    7.679 2024 HD

    With firsthand accounts and access to prominent figures around the world, this comprehensive docuseries explores the Cold War and its aftermath.

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  • 2024
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    Traitors

    Traitors

    1 2024 HD

    A documentary series that explores who brought Vladimir Putin to power, and why. It meticulously reconstructs the sequence of events that have led us...

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  • 1975
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    Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

    8.5 1975 HD

    Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years...

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  • 2023
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    Three Wars

    Three Wars

    1 2023 HD

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