Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: End of Bi-Polarity

Question:

Who was the first elected President of Russia?

Options:

Mikhail Gorbachev

Boris Yeltsin

Leonid Brezhnev

Joseph Stalin

Correct Answer:

Boris Yeltsin

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007): The first elected President of Russia (1991 1999); rose to power in the Communist Party and was made the Mayor of Moscow by Gorbachev; later joined the critics of Gorbachev and left the Communist Party; led the protests against the Soviet regime in 1991; played a key role in dissolving the Soviet Union; blamed for hardships suffered by Russians in their transition from communism to capitalism.