Boris Yeltsin Age, Height, Parents, Wife, Children, Grandchildren

Boris Yeltsin, in full Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, was a Russian politician who became president of Russia in 1990. Boris Yeltsin served as the president of Russia from 1991 until 1999. In 1991 he became the first popularly elected leader in the country’s history, guiding Russia through a stormy decade of political and economic retrenching until his resignation on the eve of 2000.

He was born on February 1, 1931, in Sverdlovsk [now Yekaterinburg], Russia, U.S.S.R. and died on April 23, 2007, in Moscow, Russia). Yeltsin was perceived at varying times as a folk hero, as a symbol of Russia’s struggle to establish a democracy, and as a dictatorial figure (an all-powerful ruler).

Boris Yeltsin Age

Boris was 76 when he died.

Boris Yeltsin Height

He was 1.87 m tall.

Boris Yeltsin Parents

His parents were Nikolai and Klavdia Yeltsin.

Boris Yeltsin Wife

Anastasia “Naina” Iosifovna Yeltsina is the widow of the first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin.

Boris Yeltsin Children

Elena Okulova is the eldest daughter of Boris Yeltsin. She was born in 1957. Tatyana Borisovna Yumasheva (née Yeltsina) was born on January 17, 1960. She is the younger daughter of former Russian President, Boris Yeltsin and his wife, Naina Yeltsina.

Boris Yeltsin Grandchildren

Gleb Dyachenko, Boris Yeltsin Jnr., Maria Yumasheva

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