In 1989 Russian president Boris Yeltsin's wide-eyed trip to a Clear Lake grocery store led to the downfall of communism.

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

April 23, 2007 — -- Boris Yeltsin, the former president of Russia who once stood atop a tank in Moscow and spoke defiantly against a conservative coup, has died, according to a Kremlin ...

This column was written by Nikolas K. Gvosdev. Boris Yeltsin is a lot like Ulysses S. Grant, and I think history will treat him in the same way as his American predecessor. Both men were heroes ...

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 ...

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.

Boris Yeltsin didn’t often speak with foreign journalists, and when he did, it was obvious he couldn’t stand us. In 1993, as Yeltsin hit the campaign trail before a referendum on his ...

Boris Yeltsin abolished the Parliament 25 years ago. That helped pave the way for Putin’s dictatorship.

Boris Yeltsin, who pushed for democracy and a market economy as the first freely elected president of Russia, died Monday at age 76. A journalist and a professor discuss Yeltsin's legacy.

Russians were paying their last respects to former President Boris Yeltsin on Tuesday before a state funeral for the man who dismantled the Soviet Union and led Russia in its first chaotic years ...

The grocery store that former Russian President Boris Yeltsin once visited during his trip to Houston in 1989 is now closed for good. The Food Town in Webster, formally a Randall's when Yeltsin ...

Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who died on Monday, developed a penchant over 15 years in high office of jolting world leaders by committing gaffes, cracking off-colour jokes or blurting ...