The First Elected President of Russia (1991-1999) was :
(1) Mikhail Gorbachev
(2) Boris Yeltsin
(3) Nikita Khrushchev
(4) Leonid Brezhnev
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option 2 - 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.