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Russia elect Boris Yeltsin leader
Boris Yeltsin History: April 23, 2007 - Boris Yeltsin, died in Moscow, Russia, at 76, of congestive heart failure
May 27, 1997 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO
October 3, 1993 - Boris Yeltsin declares state of emergency in Moscow
September 22, 1993 - Supreme Soviet dismisses president Boris Yeltsin
December 19, 1991 - Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin
July 10, 1991 - Boris Yeltsin sworn in as 1st elected president of Russian Rep
June 18, 1991 - Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, arrives in U.S.
June 16, 1991 - Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russian SSR
July 12, 1990 - Boris Yeltsin quits Soviet Communist Party
May 29, 1990 - Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic
March 26, 1989 - 1st free elections in U.S.S.R.; 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins
February 1, 1931 - Boris Yeltsin, born in Russia, first President of the Russian Federation, endorsed free market economies More Notable Events on April 25: 1990 Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery
1980 Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran
1979 Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect
1960 1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed by Triton
1886 Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna
