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[[Image:byeltsin.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Boris Yeltsin]]

[[Image:byeltsin.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Boris Yeltsin]]

''' Boris Yeltsin ''' '''(1931 - 2007)''' was a charismatic [[Russian]] politician who emerged to challenge and defeat the authoritarian single-party rule of [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. After he led Russia for eight years, he then became the first ever in Russian history to voluntarily relinquish power to a successor, whom he handpicked.

''' Boris Yeltsin ''' '''(1931 - 2007)''' was a [[Russian]] politician who helped challenge and bring an end to the [[Soviet Union]]. After he led Russia for eight years, he then became the first ever in Russian history to voluntarily relinquish power to a successor, whom he handpicked.

== Early career ==

== Early career ==

[[Category:Heads of State]]

[[Category:Heads of State]]

[[Category:Russian People]]

[[Category:Russian People]]

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.rescue007.org/ The website of the International Committee for the Rescue of KAL 007 Survivors]

*[http://www.rescue007.org/ The website of the International Committee for the Rescue of KAL 007 Survivors]