Who was the first elected President of Russia? |
Mikhail Gorbachev Boris Yeltsin Leonid Brezhnev Joseph Stalin |
Boris Yeltsin |
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. |