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War Communism
Washington Post
Wellington, Duke of
Wolfensohn, James D.
World Bank
World Economic Forum
World War II
deportations during
hunger during
nostalgia for
patriotism during
Yabloko Party
Yaiva River
Yakovlev, Aleksandr
advice to make Yeltsin Soviet vice president
and reluctance of Yeltsin to abolish KGB
on Yeltsin’s contradictions
and Yeltsin secret speech
Yakovlev, Yegor
Yakunin, Gleb
Yanayev, Gennadii
Yandarbiyev, Zelimkhan
Yarov, Yurii
Yasin, Yevgenii
Yastrzhembskii, Sergei
Yavlinskii, Grigorii
and Five Hundred Days Program
in 1996 presidential election
Yazov, Dmitrii
Yegorov, Nikolai
Yekaterinburg. See Sverdlovsk
Yeliseyev, Aleksei
Yeltsin Epoch (collective memoir by aides)
Yeltsin Foundation
Yeltsin, Andrian (uncle of BNYe)
Yeltsin, Boris Andrianovich (cousin of BNYe)
Yeltsin, Boris, Jr. (grandson of BNYe)
Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich
admission to Communist Party of Soviet Union
aloofness of
athletic activities of; hunting; swimming; tennis; volleyball
Barvikha-4 residence of; commute from; icons at; locked in steambath of; as retirement home
birth of
childhood of; female influence on; pranks during
christening of
construction career of
and crimes of Stalin period
death of
dress code of
drinking of; early moderation in; increase in; late curtailment of
education of
family life of; in Moscow
fondness for Urals
German studied by
Gorki-10 dacha of
Gorki-9 residence of and morality of occupying it
health of; in first presidential term; in 1996 election campaign; in second presidential term; in retirement
historical contribution of
impatience of
intuitive style of; and Gorbachev program; as opposition figure; and Putinand radical reforms
literary tastes of
marriage of
medals and awards of
mood swings of; before and after secret speech; as president
Moscow residences of: Second Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street Krylatskoye
musical tastes of
on cryptic forces in history
personal scripts ofduty rebellion success survival testing
property of
punctuality of
reading of
religious views of
retirement years of
Russian identity of
self-reliance of as social and political approach
seventy-fifth birthday of
as social democrat
sport as model for
steambath, love of
suicidal impulses of
television, ambivalence toward
Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, as Communist Party leader in Sverdlovsk (1968–85)
advancement into leading positions
compliant activism of
dominance of
as enforcer of communist orthodoxy
evolving worldview of
housing and perquisites of
and overcentralization of Soviet system
relations with mass of population
as spokesman for province
Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, as Communist Party leader in Moscow (1985–87). See also under Gorbachev, Mikhail
appointment as Central Committee official
appointment as Moscow first secretary
conflict with Ligachëv
personnel and policy shakeup by frustration at resistance to
political liberalization promoted by
populism of
radical rhetoric of
resignation letter to Gorbachev
secret speech to Central Committee disgraced and purged afterward
Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, as opposition political leader (1988–91). See also under Gorbachev, Mikhail
alleged fatal car accident
and decentralization of Russia
and democratic movement
disillusionment with communism
and dissolution of Soviet Union
elected president of Russia
embarrassing incidents around
exit from Communist Party
first visit to United States
in Gosstroi
and 1991 coup; speech on tank
at Nineteenth CPSU Conference
and Russian rights
physical and mental recovery of
program for de-monopolization
Russian Congress of People’s Deputies: elected to chosen chairman of
USSR Congress of People’s Deputies: elected to parliamentarian in
Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, as president of Russia (1991–99). See also Chechnya
and constitutional conflict of 1992–93
dismissal of Chernomyrdin
economic reforms of
external resistances to radical change
foreign policy of
foreign travels of
governance by
heart surgery of
improvisations by
internal resistances to radical change
and mass media
models of leadership
1996 campaign for re-election of
and oligarchs
political weakening of
populism repudiated by
refusal to create a political party
resignation of
and search for national idea
search for successor
and stabilization of federal system
symbolic decisions of
and young reformers
Yeltsin, Dmitrii (uncle of BNYe)
Yeltsin, Ignatii (paternal grandfather of BNYe)passim
Yeltsin, Ivan (soldier)
Yeltsin, Ivan (uncle of BNYe)
Yeltsin, Mikhail (brother of BNYe)
Yeltsin, Nikolai (father of BNYe) passim
arrest and incarceration of
Yeltsin’s relationship with
Yeltsin, Savva (great-great grandfather of BNYe)
Yeltsin, Sergei (ancestor of BNYe)
Yeltsin, spellings of the name
Yeltsin, Yekim (great-grandfather of BNYe)
Yeltsina, Anna (paternal grandmother of BNYe)passim
Yeltsina, Klavdiya (mother of BNYe) passim
death of
Yeltsin’s relationship with
Yeltsina, Mariya (aunt of BNYe)
Yeltsina, Naina (wife of BNYe)
in Communist Party
and death of Yeltsin
and dissident literature
and Gorbachev
and Korzhakov
marriage of
and 1996 election campaign
and renovation of Kremlin
religious views of
and Yeltsin’s drinking
and Yeltsin family life: in Sverdlovsk in Moscow
on Yeltsin and multiparty system
on Yeltsin secret speech and aftermath
on Yeltsin’s restlessness
and Yeltsin’s retirement
Yeltsina, Tatyana. See Dyachenko, Tatyana
Yeltsina, Valentina (sister of BNYe)
Yeltsina, Yelena. See Okulova, Yelena
Yerin, Viktor
Yerina, Margarita
Yesenin, Sergei
Yevstaf’ev, Arkadii
Yevtushenko, Yevgenii
Young Pioneers
Youzhny, Mikhail
Yukos
Yumashev, Valentin
as chief of staff
and “Family” group
as ghostwriter of Yeltsin memoirs
and 1996 election campaign
and Yeltsin’s retirement speech
as Yeltsin son-in-law
Yumasheva, Polina
Yumasheva, Tatyana. See Dyachenko, Tatyana
Zadornov, Mikhail M. (economist)
Zadornov, Mikhail N. (comedian)
Zaidel, Robert
Zaikov, Lev
Zakharov, Mark
Zalesov, Mikhail
Zanin, Vasilii
Zav’yalov, Nikolai
Zavgayev, Doku
Zavidiya, Andrei
Zavidovo
Zemskov, A. I.
Zhdanov, Vladimir
Zhirinovskii, Vladimir
in 1991 presidential election
in 1996 presidential election
ZIL Works
Zor’kin, Valerii
Zubov, Valerii
Zucconi, Vittorio
Zverev, Sergei
Zyryanka River
Zyuganov, Gennadii
in 1996 presidential election passim
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