Episode 317 GEORGE H. W. BUSH The Fall of the Soviet Union (Part 3) A look at Boris Yeltsin

George H.W. Bush 1991 The Fall of the Soviet Union

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In over a thousand years of Russian history only one man can lay claim as having been elected directly from the people. His name was Boris Yeltsin.
He is the man who pushed the Soviet Union over the cliff and then became the leader of the fledgling Russian Federation. He stood on a tank in defiance of a coup that was trying to seize control of the nation from the President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, and while that coup failed to topple Gorbachev, it in effect, stripped all the power away from the USSR President and all the real bonds of the republics that held it together.
By the end of 1991, the various republics of the old Soviet Union had declared themselves independent and Yeltsin got together with their leaders of those republics to form a new Federation, leaving Gorbachev and the Soviet Congress with no real country to rule. The Politburo would meet one last time to debate the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
This all occurred as one man rose to power in the Russia and it would be him who would lead Russia up until the start of the 21st century . In this episode we look back at him, Boris Yeltsin, and how he rose to the position of President and how he did as the new nations leader.

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Capíttulos

1. Boris Yeltsin's historic address to the U.S. Congress - CSPAN (00:00:00)

2. Intro Music (00:03:11)

3. Host Randal Wallace talks about Yeltsin being the first elected President of Russia in its 1000 year history (00:03:35)

4. Top News Stories August 23, 1991 ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (00:04:49)

5. Host Randal Wallace talks about Yeltsin being a charismatic larger than life leader and introducing his 1988 interview (00:17:38)

6. From the Archive: Boris Yeltsin interview 1988 - BBC Newsnight (00:18:41)

7. Host Randal Wallace introduces various events involving Boris Yeltsin (00:33:01)

8. GRAVATAS Recall July 10, 1991 - Yeltsin sworn in as Russia's First elected President - WION (00:33:52)

9. host Randal Wallace talks about the coup in just a few weeks after Yeltsin is sworn in. (00:35:40)

10. 20 years since Yeltsin defied Coup in Russia - Associated Press (00:36:35)

11. Host Randal Wallace talks about Yelstin stepping down as President of Russia (00:38:51)

12. The day Boris Yeltsin said goodbye to Russia - BBC (00:39:18)

13. Former President Boris Yeltsin dies, Kremlin says Monday, He was 76 - Associated Press (00:42:05)

14. Closing theme (00:43:27)