Yeltsin

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"Charts the controversial rise of Boris Yeltsin against a broad and richly textured account of Russia's movement out of the grip of the communist state toward free, democratic nationhood. He details Yeltsin's successes and bitter defeats in transforming every aspect of the soviet system he inherited". -- Jacket.
Politics and governmentPresidentsBiographyPresidentenNew York Times reviewedYeltsin, boris nikolayevich, 1931-2007Soviet union, politics and government, 1985-1991Russia (federation), politics and governmentLiterary collectionsHistoryPresidents, russia (federation)Russia (federation), history