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The new episode of "History Lessons with Tamara Eidelman" is dedicated to the biography of Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin, one of the most interesting and controversial politicians of our time. For some, Yeltsin is the savior of Russia, for others, a "tsar" who can be either benevolent or very malicious, and for some, he is Judas, betraying the Soviet Union and the party. What was he really like? Everyone can form their own understanding of this. BOOKS: 1. Timothy Colton. Yeltsin. 2. Travin D.Ya. Essays on the modern history of Russia. Subscribe to us on social networks, where we regularly publish additional stories: * Subscribe to Tamara Natanovna on Instagram - https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser * Subscribe to our telegram channel - https://t.me/eidelman * Subscribe to our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser 00:00:00 Introduction. Lecture topic. 00:00:28 Advertising. 00:01:56 The scale of Boris Yeltsin’s personality. 00:04:45 The need for research into Yeltsin’s personality. 00:07:56 Childhood and Yeltsin’s family. 00:12:26 Yeltsin at school. Character. Leadership. Raising in a family. 00:21:32 Yeltsin at the institute. Sport. 00:25:14 Yeltsin’s work in the construction industry. Conflicts with superiors and subordinates. Career growth. 00:30:26 Joining the party. Attitude towards communism. 00:33:32 Party career. Work in the Sverdlovsk Regional Committee. Yeltsin's demands. 00:42:26 How did the family of the 1st Secretary of the Sverdlovsk Regional Committee live? 00:45:03 Improvement of the Sverdlovsk region. Communication with people. 00:50:20 Mikhail Gorbachev’s rise to power. Yeltsin's transfer to Moscow. 00:56:07 Yeltsin’s activities in the post of 1st Secretary of the Moscow City Committee. Populism. Changes in the country. 01:03:01 Disagreement with Gorbachev. Letter to the Secretary General. 01:05:28 What proposals did Yeltsin make to Gorbachev back in early 1987? Reaction of the Secretary General. 01:11:27 Contents of Yeltsin’s letter to Gorbachev. 01:14:12 What did Yeltsin criticize at the Plenum of the CPSU Central Committee in 1987? 01:18:19 Yeltsin’s repentance. Reprisal against Yeltsin. Criticism from the party. Yeltsin's reaction. 01:26:53 Isolation of Yeltsin. Appointment of first deputy chairman of the USSR State Construction Committee. 01:30:05 Yeltsin is a people's hero. 01:31:43 Unstable situation in the country in 1988. 01:32:49 19th Conference of the CPSU. Yeltsin's speech. 01:37:05 Numerous meetings of Yeltsin with the people. 01:38:54 How did Yeltsin’s views change? 01:39:48 Elections of People's Deputies of the USSR 1989 01:44:34 I Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR. Creation of an interregional deputy group. 01:49:09 Yeltsin’s mysterious fall from the bridge. Assassination? 01:54:22 Loss of popularity of the CPSU. Article 6 of the Constitution. National movements in the USSR. 01:58:03 Secession of Russia from the USSR. Gorbachev's attempts to consolidate power. Sovereignty of Russia. 02:03:59 XXVIII Congress of the CPSU. Yeltsin's exit from the party. 02:06:02 Yeltsin’s trip around Russia. First reforms. Russian-Ukrainian relations. 02:08:38 Suppression of national protests in the republics. Gorbachev's attempts to preserve the USSR. New union treaty. 02:11:22 Russian presidential elections in 1991. 02:14:47 August putsch. 02:17:34 Collapse of the USSR. Belovezhskaya agreements. Gorbachev's resignation. 02:20:33 Yeltsin is the president of Russia. 02:22:18 Economic reforms of Yegor Gaidar. Transition to a market economy. 02:27:42 Confrontation between Yeltsin and the Congress of People's Deputies of Russia. Referendum. Dispersal of the convention and shelling of the White House. 02:31:25 Constitution of 1993. Expanding the rights of the president. Is Yeltsin the Tsar? 02:34:45 Yeltsin and working with the Soviet past. Have there been efforts to reform the system itself? 02:39:59 Informal communication between Yeltsin and politicians. Corruption. The luxurious life of the president. 02:43:23 How did Yeltsin’s views change as president? 02:45:09 First Chechen War. 02:47:59 Yeltsin's drunkenness. Decline in popularity. 02:50:05 Yeltsin's election campaign in 1996. 02:53:02 Delegative democracy in Russia. Why was the people so important to Yeltsin? 02:55:33 Presidential elections of 1996. Were the election results falsified? 02:58:58 The last years of Yeltsin's presidency. A crisis. President's resignation. 03:01:15 The inconsistency of Yeltsin’s personality. Nemtsov, Navalny and Shenderovich about the first president of Russia.