Yeltsin
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He had taken power on the last day of 1999, when Boris Yeltsin resigned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
A physicist by education, Nemtsov rose to fame in the 1990s as a young, liberal provincial governor, and was widely tipped to take over from Boris Yeltsin.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
Dmitri had to give up his dream of joining the KGB when his hope that the new president, Boris Yeltsin, would be removed by the remnants of the Communist regime were dashed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
The Moscow crew shipped off all those pizzas and 20 cases of Pepsi to the parliament building, to fortify Yeltsin and his supporters against the coup.
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2025
As one of his final acts, Gorbachev passed the Soviet nuclear codes—which could initiate a nuclear missile launch—to Boris Yeltsin, the president of the Russian Federation.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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