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. 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