Yeltsin, Boris (Nikolaevich) (1931-2007), Russian statesman, President of the Russian Federation 1991-9. Impatient with the slow pace of Gorbachev's reforms, Yeltsin resigned from the Communist Party after becoming President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1990. As President of the independent Russian Federation he faced opposition to his reforms and in 1993 survived an attempted coup, but was re-elected in 1996.
叶利钦, 鲍里斯（·尼古拉耶维奇）（1931-2007, 俄罗斯政治家, 1991年起任俄罗斯联邦总统; 因不满戈尔巴乔夫缓慢的改革步伐, 在1990年成为俄罗斯苏维埃社会主义联邦共和国总统后退出苏共; 在担任独立的俄罗斯联邦总统期间, 其改革措施遭到反对, 在1993年的未遂政变中安然无恙, 1996年再次当选总统）。