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YELTSIN, Boris Nikolayevich

Born in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) and trained as a construction engineer, he became a full-time Communist party worker in 1968 and first secretary of the Sverdlovsk region in 1976. Yeltsin was brought to Moscow by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, whose political and economic reforms he embraced, and was installed as first secretary of the Moscow City Party Committee in 1985. He quickly alienated party reactionaries and, with Gorbachevs acquiescence, was stripped of his post in 1987. In the March 1989 elections for the Congress of Peoples Deputies, however, he won overwhelmingly in the Moscow constituency. The following year he was elected to the congress of the Russian SFSR, which designated him chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR. Under his leadership, the congress declared Russia to be a sovereign republic in June 1990. Yeltsin quit the Communist party the following month.

World Almanac : Rulers of Russia; Leaders of the USSR and Russian Federation

World Almanac : Russia

Encyclopedia : RUSSIAN FEDERATION,

Encyclopedia : PUTIN, Vladimir Vladimirovich

Encyclopedia : ROSTROPOVICH, Mstislav

Encyclopedia : GORBACHEV, Mikhail Sergeyevich

Encyclopedia : CHECHNYA,

1519 Magellan sets out

1881 Chester Arthur becomes third president to serve in one year

1918 U.S. officer George S. Patton writes home after Saint-Mihiel offensive

1963 Kennedy proposes joint mission to the moon

The Presidents Find out everything you wanted to know about our nation's 42 presidents, from Washington to W.

Sherman's March Interactive Map! Watch General Sherman's war path through the South animate before you. Click here to see Sherman's March.

History of the Revolution

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World War II In 1939 a war began that changed the world in a way never paralleled.

The History Channel Traveler: From Napoleon Bonaparte to Louis Napoleon Experience history at its source!

THC Classroom: Texas - Big America, Part 2

Friday, March 27 at 6 AM EST

THC Classroom: Texas - Big America, Part 1

Thursday, March 26 at 6 AM EST

THC Classroom: Texas - Big America, Part 2 Friday, March 27 at 6 AM EST

Texas - Big America, Part 2. We conclude our journey through the captivating history of Texas in a story that spans two centuries and features tall Texan characters--cowboys, oil tycoons, outlaws, even U.S. Presidents!

THC Classroom: Texas - Big America, Part 1 Thursday, March 26 at 6 AM EST

Texas - Big America, Part 1. This 2-part special takes viewers on a journey through the captivating history of Texas in a story that spans two centuries and features tall Texan characters--cowboys, oil tycoons, outlaws, even U.S. Presidents! From the