Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin.
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was born on February 1st 1931 in Sverdlovsk Russia, now known as Yekaterinburg. His parents were Nikolai and Klovdiya Yeltsin, his father worked in construction and in 1934 was convicted of anti-soviet agitation and spent 3 years in the gulags. Boris Yeltsin was well educated and graduated from both Puskin high school and the Urals Polytechnic Institute with a major in constructing. Despite blowing off two fingers with a live grenade in his youth Boris was a master craftsman. In 1955 his first year in the construction business he mastered numerous skills for example stonemasonry, carpentry, glazing, driving and plastering. This achievement itself gained Boris a promotion. He became foreman and worked on numerous jobs in the Urals. In 1956 Boris Yeltsin married Naina Girina, a former student he knew in college. They had two daughters Yelena and Tatiana born in 1957 and 1959 respectively. After holding down various high profile jobs such as......
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