Russia experts from across the globe give their impressions of Yeltsin’s legacy on what would have been his 80th birthday.
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U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin during a press conference in the United States.
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Some 500,000 Muscovites attended a rally and concert in support of Yuri Luzhkov and Boris Yeltsin on Vasilyevsky Slope on May 12, 1996 (pictured).
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Participants in a multi-day a rally in Grozny. 1994. Photo by Alexander Nemenov.
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn with his wife, Natalya, and the Yaroslavna folk ensemble, 1994. Yaroslavl.
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Election campaign rally in support of Boris Yeltsin in Moscow. 1989.
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Boris Yeltsin, then chairman of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR (left) and then-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at a Presidium Congress of the People’s Deputies of the Soviet Union. 1990.
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August Putsch. Boris Yeltsin while speaking outside the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR. Moscow. 1991.
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The inauguration of Boris Yeltsin as President of Russia. 1991.
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Russian President Boris Yeltsin and U.S. President George Bush during a meeting in Washington. 1992.
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While visiting the Qutub-Minar architecture and history complex, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his wife, Naina, embraced the famous Iron Pillar of Delhi. As Indians say, this brings good luck and makes your wishes come true. India. 1993.
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Boris Yeltsin during the opening session of the Russian Security Council. Moscow.
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Vladimir Bogdanov. October, 1993. Moscow.
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Boris Yeltsin and Russian Tennis Federation President Shamil Tarpishchev in the stands at the Kremlin Cup women’s final. Moscow. October 2004.
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Anatoly Chubais, chairman of the Federal Agency for State Property Management, speaking at a news conference for the program “The People’s Privatization: Shares and Vouchers,” 1992. Moscow.
