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Biography of Boris Yeltsin
Title: Biography of Boris Yeltsin
Category: History
Details: Words: 345 | Pages: 1.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Biography of Boris Yeltsin
Biography of Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin was born in 1931 in Sverdlovsk. His father was Nikolai Yeltsin, who worked in construction and was later convicted of anti-Soviet agitation, and his mother was Klavdiya Yeltsina, who worked a seamstress. Boris graduated from Pushkin High School in Beoezniki, Molotor and then graduated from college at the Ural Polytechnic Institute in 1955, where he majored in construction. He was a successful student and even played volleyball for Sverdlovsk in the …showed first 75 words of 345 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 345 total…human rights. In foreign affairs, Boris greatly improved relations with the West and signed the START II nuclear disarmament treatment with the United States. In May 1999, he amazingly survived an impeachment attempt brought about by Communist opposition. Yet on December 31, 1999, the long-ailing Yeltsin unpredictably announced hisresignation and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin succeeded him. Boris Yeltsin played an important role in the Soviet’s collapse and will forever remain a vital piece of Russia’s history.
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