Yeltsin

Description:

"Charts the controversial rise of Boris Yeltsin against a broad and richly textured account of Russia's movement out of the grip of the communist state toward free, democratic nationhood. He details Yeltsin's successes and bitter defeats in transforming every aspect of the soviet system he inherited". -- Jacket.

subjects: Politics and government,  Presidents,  Biography,  Presidenten,  New York Times reviewed,  Yeltsin, boris nikolayevich, 1931-2007,  Soviet union, politics and government, 1985-1991,  Russia (federation), politics and government,  Literary collections,  History,  Presidents, russia (federation),  Russia (federation), history

People: Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1931-),  Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1931-2007)

Places: Russia (Federation),  Soviet Union

Times: 1991-,  1985-1991