What is Boris Yeltsin?
{{Infobox President | honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] | name = Boris Yeltsin | nationality = Russian | smallimage = Борис Николаевич Ельцин-1 (cropped).jpg | order = 1st [[President of Russia]] | term_start = 25 December 1991 | term_end = 31 December 1999 <br>{{small|As President of [[Russian SFSR]] from 10 July 1991 to 25 December 1991}} | predecessor = Himself (as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Russia) <br>[[Mikhail Gorbachev]] (as [[President of the Soviet Union]]) | successor = [[Vladimir Putin]] | birth_date = February 1, 1931 | birth_place = Butka, [[Sverdlovsk Oblast|Sverdlovsk]],<br />[[Soviet Union]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2007|4|23|1931|2|1}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1262163,00.html|title=Former Russian President Yeltsin dies|publisher=[[Sky News]]|date=23 April 2007|access-date=21 February 2014|archive-date=16 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016140500/http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1262163,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] | spouse = [[Naina Yeltsina]] | party = | vicepresident = | caption = Official Portrait, {{Circa|1991-93}} | native_name = {{No bold|Борис Ельцин}} }} '''Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin''' ({{audio|ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg|listen}}; {{lang-ru|Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин}}; February 1, 1931 – April 23, 2007) was the first [[President of Russia]] and the country's first elected leader. He served from 1991 to 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6584481.stm|publisher=BBC|title=Russian ex-president Yeltsin dies|date=23 April 2007}}</ref> ==Early life== Yeltsin was born in a small village near the [[Ural Mountains]] on February 1, 1931.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/newsinreview/oct98/russia/timeline.htm|title=Timeline of a Leader|publisher=