Boris Tesyolkin, the commander of that tank, talked to CBS News about Yeltsin's life, career and impact on Russia. I learned about Boris Yeltsin's death on the day he died, and naturally, I ...

FormerRussian President Boris Yeltsin, who hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union by scrambling atop a tank to rally opposition against a hard-line coup and later pushed Russia to embrace ...

Why People Are Comparing Boris Yeltsin to Vladimir Putin 30 Years Later and Why They’re Wrong New revelations about Yeltsin’s shelling of Russia’s Duma are being completely misunderstood.

N E W  Y O R K, Oct. 8 -- Boris Yeltsin says in his new memoir that he wasdrunk when he grabbed the baton and began conducting a militaryorchestra in Berlin in 1994, but that he now limits ...

Timothy Colton talked about his book [Yeltsin: A Life], published by Basic Books, about the life of the first publicly elected president in Russia, President Boris Yeltsin. Topics included the ...