The First President of Russia BN Yeltsin

February 1, 2010 marks the 80th anniversary of the birth of Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin. The attitude towards him as an individual and a politician, even after his death, remains rather unordinary and precise logical conclusions about his activities are difficult to make up to now. Since the birth of Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, the first president of Russia, 80 years have passed.

Boris N. Yeltsin - biography.

Children's.

Even in his childhood, Boris Nikolayevich encountered politics, more precisely with her unpleasant side - his father was repressed, and his grandfather was deprived of civil rights, and the family was expelled from his native land. Despite this turn of fate, a simple peasant family was able to get out of the problems, in large part thanks to Boris's father, who, after returning from hard labor, began to work hard and reached the position of the head of the construction department.

At this time Boris studied at school, and this study was given to him with success. In contrast, the guy had a fairly quick temper, was a tornado and a hooligan: often participated in fights and clashed with the elders, because of what was expelled from school, but continued to study at another school.

Youth.

In addition to his passion for politics and science (he successfully graduated from the Ural Polytechnic Institute with a degree in civil engineering). Boris was fond of volleyball and was awarded the title of Master of Sports. Over the next ten years, Yeltsin was climbing the ladder of success higher and higher, and by the time he was thirty-five he was the director of the Sverdlovsk House-Building Plant.

Political activity of Yeltsin.

Having made progress in the engineering field, Yeltsin decided to seriously engage in political activities. For 10 years he managed to move from an ordinary party worker to the actual leader of the Sverdlovsk region. The next decade has become even more "productive": Yeltsin became the first president of the newly formed Russian Federation.

This period is the most sanctified and bright moment, both in the life of Boris Nikolaevich and the new state. The new system, a new era, new opportunities - all this seems attractive and interesting, but besides it generates a large amount of criticism, which was not so much the formed system and the entire political body as a whole, but Yeltsin's activity as the first Russian president. Recession in the economy, social problems, disorder in the state body, absurd antics of the president - all this was reflected at that time. Yeltsin faced numerous accusations ranging from "disgracing the nation" and ending with genocide aimed at his own citizens.

Disease and alcohol dependence.

Since the mid-80's. the future state leader began to have major health problems. Yeltsin experienced several heart attacks, which, probably, could be associated with problems in the arrogant field. In addition, it is worth mentioning the alcohol dependence of Yeltsin: in its presidential period, it reached a global scale. Thus, Clinton's adviser mentions in his book that because of Yeltsin's bad habit, it was very difficult to organize meetings and conduct telephone conversations between presidents.

There were many strange and even ridiculous cases with Yeltsin, which were most often associated with his inadequate state due to alcohol consumption. In 1989, the future president fell from the bridge, which was covered in the press and television as an attempt on his life. In the same year, Yeltsin, speaking abroad, was seen drunk, which this time was announced a video editing. At the presidential post, such cases only increased and acquired a more vivid character: Boris Nikolayevich flirted with a stenographer, sent guards for vodka, tried to conduct an orchestra at an official reception and even danced. There were rumors even about an altogether unacceptable event: during a 1995 visit to the United States, Yeltsin was discovered at night by US intelligence services standing on the road in one underwear and catching a taxi. Similarly, according to Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Lentun Bezaziev, at the evening banquet Yeltsin "... with two spoons knocked on his foreheads and a number of sitting presidents."

Boris Yeltsin's departure from the post of Russian president.

By the end of the 90's. the criticism of the incumbent president reached such a grand scale that Boris Nikolayevich had to seriously think about his future stay at his post. On December 31, 1999, in an open form, Yeltsin announced his resignation from the presidential post.

The last years of his life, Yeltsin dedicated entirely to his family, only occasionally getting on the television screens. Boris Nikolayevich died on April 23, 2007 as a result of cardiac arrest caused by cardiovascular disease, which Yeltsin fought for the past twenty years.