boris yeltsin

Under the rule of Boris Yeltsin Russia was so weak that it was defeated the small region of chechenia despite itself being the largest country in the World and it so weak that he had to bring his military into the legislature to put down dissent. In this period Russia failed to stop accession of...

Boris Yeltsin was a major political figure in Russia in the late 80s and early 90s, eventually being the main force for the end of the USSR and Russia becoming a Democracy. However, then under his Presidency, Russia became a corrupt and backwards nation that very quickly went to support Vladimir...

What is a realistic chance if Yeltsin became the president of USSR replacing Gorbachev and implementing disastrous reforms for the whole country as it happened OTL? Keep in mind, a lot of Soviet citizens at that time were against the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union may have...

Like it says on the title. Could the USSR, iwhile keeping most if not all of its territory, survive and reform with a POD after 1980? Notice that I'm talking only about the USSR, the satellite states can crumble apart as it did IOTL. So, what could do that, if possible? Brezhnev dying a couple...

After collapse of Soviet Union, a lot of republics and autonomous oblasts declared their independence(full independence were declared in Chechnya and Tatarstan), but thanks to Federal Treaty, they remained in Russia. But could a parade of sovereignty happen in the Russian Federation? If Yeltsin...

What if Boris Yeltsin, for whatever reason, wasn’t involved in soviet politics?