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“Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your tanks and not to fight against your own people.”

Quote by Boris Yeltsin

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Boris Yeltsin, the first President of the Russian Federation, was born on February 1, 1931, and passed away on April 23, 2007. He played a crucial role in the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Russian Federation. more

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