Boris Yeltsin
Known for
Acting
Born
February 1, 1931
Birthplace
Butka, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Died
April 23, 2007 (aged 76)
Biography
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (Russian: Борис Николаевич Ельцин; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the first president of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1990. He later stood as a political independent, during which time he was viewed as being ideologically aligned with liberalism and Russian nationalism.
Yeltsin was born in Butka, Ural Oblast. He grew up in Kazan and Berezniki. After studying at the Ural State Technical University, he worked in construction. After joining the Communist Party, he rose through its ranks, and in 1976 he became First Secretary of the party's Sverdlov...
Best known work
The Day Today
1994
The Shock Doctrine
2009
Frontline
1983
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
2024
Putin's Witnesses
2018
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom
2007
Citizen K
2019
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
2022
Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!
2021
Baltic Storm
2003Filmography
2025
Connectedas self (archive)
2024
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revengeas Self (archive footage)
2024
2024
2023
In the Grip of Gazpromas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
2022
2021
Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!as Self (archive footage)
2021
Крым Юлиана Семёноваas Self (archive footage)
2021
2019
Citizen Kas Self (archive footage)
2018
.RUas Self (archive footage)
2018
Putin's Witnessesas Self - Politician (archive footage)
2018
Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorshipas Self (archive footage)
2017
2017
The Man Who Was Too Freeas Self (archive footage)
2016
Nemtsovas Self (archive footage)
2016
2015
Dokument inifrån: Vad hände med försvaret?as Self - F.d. Rysslands president (Archive footage)
2012
2011
Khodorkovskyas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
The Shock Doctrineas Self (archive footage)
2008
Георгий Вицин. Отшельникas Self (archive footage)
2007
2005