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 ...

While there is much debate about the Boris Yeltsin’s checkered legacy, there is no debate about the towering influence he exerted on his country. He was a larger-than-life figure who changed Russia ...

“The end crowns all,” William Shakespeare once wrote. On the face of it, Boris Yeltsin’s end was fabulous: Some 20,000 ordinary people, most leading Russian dignitaries, many world leaders and senior ...

Two of the most vivid images of the late 20th century focused on tanks. One picture caught a Chinese dissident standing, briefcase in hand, in front of a communist tank during the siege of Tiananmen ...

Beginning in 1924, prominent guests of the publisher autographed leather-bound books during their visits to The Times’s headquarters. By David W. Dunlap A newly declassified analysis argued against ...