- Boris Yeltsin - Wikipedia
Yeltsin oversaw the transition of 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
- Boris Yeltsin announces the Soviet Union will cease to exist . . . - HISTORY
After a long meeting between Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin, a spokesman for the latter announces that the Soviet Union will officially
- Collapse of the Soviet Union - Yeltsin, Post-Soviet, Russia | Britannica
At 7:32 pm, less than a half hour after the conclusion of Gorbachev’s speech, the Soviet hammer-and-sickle flag was lowered from outside the Kremlin for the final time It was replaced by the prerevolutionary red, white, and blue tricolor of Russia
- Russias Brightest Moment: The 1991 Coup That Failed
At about noon on Aug 19, 1991, Boris Yeltsin read the appeal to the people of Russia, standing on the very tank that had been deployed to fire at him That image went down in history
- 1991: And then Yeltsin said it was over - American Thinker
After a long meeting between Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin, a spokesman for the latter announces that the Soviet Union will officially
- Yeltsins Speech August 19, 1991 - Vancouver Island University
Shortly after noon, after Soviet military forces directed by the coup leaders had taken up key positions in the capital, Yeltsin walked out of the parliament building, climbed up on a tank, and delivered the following remarks, denouncing the coup and calling for a general strike
- SOVIET DISARRAY; Soviet Unions Last Rites: New Years Eve the Goal
President Boris N Yeltsin of Russia and President Mikhail S Gorbachev conferred privately today on the now anticlimactic issue of how and when to dispose of the remnants of the Soviet Union
- Gorbachev Steps Down : Nuclear Button to Yeltsin; Red Flag Lowered . . .
Earlier in the day, Gorbachev assured President Bush he would transmit the last remaining prerogative of his office--the Soviet “nuclear button”--to Russian Federation President Boris N
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