Boris Yeltsin was the first democratically elected President of Russia. His successor was Vladimir Putin. Elected in 1991, Yeltsin remained the country's President until 1999.
Key Dates
- 1931: Born
- 1955: Graduated the Ural Polytechnic Institute
- 1963: Becomes chief engineer of the Sverdlovsk House-Building Combine
- 1975: Becomes secretary of committee in charge of industrial development
- 1989: Elected to the Congress of Soviets of RSFSR
- 1990: Yeltsin quits the Congress
- 1991: Coup to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1991: Elected President of Russia, the first to hold this office
- 1993: Orders a military invasion of Chechnya
- 1999:Fires his prime minister, Sergei Stepashin, Vladimir Putin is put in his place
- December 1999: Resigns as President
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