1931. Boris Yeltsin was born

85 years ago, on February 1, 1931, the first president of the Russian Federation Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin was born, who played an important role in the collapse of the Soviet political system and the collapse of the USSR. According to Bill Clinton, whose presidency in the United States almost coincided with the President of Yeltsin in Russia, during these years, "the development of democratic pluralism with a free press and active civil society was in the country." However, now in society a negative attitude towards Boris Nikolaevich prevails. According to a recent survey, 50% of Russians believe that by the fault of Yeltsin the country in the 90s was crisis. 34% of respondents believe that Yeltsin tried to get Russia out of the crisis, but made a number of mistakes, and only 6% of respondents are sure that he did everything he could to overcome the crisis.