Yeltsin

American

[yelt-sin] / ˈyɛlt sɪn /

noun

Boris Nikolayevich 1931–2007, president of the Russian Federation 1991–99.

Yeltsin British

/ jeltsin, ˈjɛltsɪn /

noun

Boris ( Nicolayevich ). 1931–2007, Russian politician: president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1990–91); president of Russia (1991–99)

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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

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

Bush had signed with Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, respectively.

From Slate

Putin, a former KGB agent, became the president of Russia after Boris Yeltsin stepped down in December 1999.

From Barron's

Capably encapsulated by Mr. Zygar are the Chernobyl nuclear disaster; the growing challenge by Boris Yeltsin; the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan; the relentless push for freedom of expression by Alexander Yakovlev, the “godfather of glasnost”; and Andrei Sakharov’s demands for democratic governance.

From The Wall Street Journal

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