Boris Yeltsin

Acting

Born February 1, 1931 · Butka, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Died April 23, 2007

Also known as Boris Nikolajewitsch Jelzin · Boris Nikolaevič El'cin · Boris Eltsine

Biography

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999, having previously served as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR from 1990 to 1991. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1961 to 1990. He later stood as a political independent, during which time he was viewed as being ideologically aligned with liberalism.

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Awards & recognition

Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Vytis · 2011
Order of the Cross of Vytis · 2011
honorary citizen of Sverdlovsk Oblast · 2010
honorary citizen of Samara Oblast · 2006
Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan" · 2006

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Order of Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy 1st Class · 2006
Order of Saint Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy · 2006
honorary citizen of Kazan · 2005
honorary citizen of Yerevan · 2002
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class · 2001
Pentru order of courage · 2001
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre · 2000
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class · 2000
Order of the Three Stars · 2000
Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class · 2000
Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope · 1999
Order of Francisc Skorina · 1999
Commemorative medal of A. M. Gorchakov · 1998
Order of the Golden Eagle · 1997
Gold Olympic Order · 1993
maroon beret · 1993
Gold Olympic Order · 1992
January 13th commemorative medal · 1992
Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic · 1991
Order of Lenin · 1981
VDNKh gold medal · 1981
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" · 1978
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · 1975
Order of the Red Banner of Labour · 1974
Order of the Red Banner of Labour · 1971
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" · 1969
Order of the Badge of Honour · 1966
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Master of Sport of the USSR
Order of Bethlehem