Boris Tesyolkin, the commander of that tank, talked to CBS News about Yeltsin's life, career and impact on Russia.

Boris N. Yeltsin, the burly provincial politician who became the first freely elected leader of Russia and a towering figure of his time when he presided over the dissolution of the Soviet Union ...

Dramatically violating the constitution he swore to uphold, President Boris Yeltsin signed a decree abolishing the Russian Parliament, the Supreme Soviet, on Sept. 21, 1993. That set the stage for ...

Boris Yeltsin, the feisty, glowering ex-Communist leader whose dramatic feud with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev led to the collapse of the USSR and vaulted him into the presidency of a ...

No picture better tells the story of Russia's failed 1991 coup than that of a fist-pumping Boris Yeltsin defying Communist hard-liners from the top of a tank.

Twenty years ago, Russians saw a New Year’s address from the country's first president, Boris Yeltsin, in which he announced his resignation and publicly asked for forgiveness. Here is the story ...

(MOSB-104) MOSCOW, APRIL 24--Russian President Boris Yeltsin reaches out to shake hands with his supporters Saturday as he brings his campaign to a new housing district built for the Russian ...

Masha Gessen writes about a new trove of documents that sheds light on the end of the friendship between Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin.

Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin died Monday at age 76. In a column published today, Leon Aron asks whether Yeltsin will be remembered as a "hard drinking quasi-autocrat" or an important ...

Former Russian President Yeltsin Leaves Complex Legacy Boris Yeltsin, who pushed for democracy and a market economy as the first freely elected president of Russia, died Monday at age 76. A ...

Boisterous Boris Bill Clinton, Billy Graham, Helen Thomas and others recall Russian President Yeltsin's confidence, rough charm and liberal ways with drink.