Yeltsin

[ yelt-sin ]

noun

1. Bo·ris Ni·ko·la·ye·vich [bawr, -is nik-, uh, -, lahy, -, uh, -vich, bohr, ‑, bor, ‑, buh-, ryes, nyi-kuh-, lah, -yi-vyich], 1931–2007, president of the Russian Federation 1991–99.

Yeltsin

/ jeltsin; ˈjɛltsɪn /

noun

1. YeltsinBoris (Nicolayevich)19312007MRussianPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: head of state Boris ( Nicolayevich ). 1931–2007, Russian politician: president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1990–91); president of Russia (1991–99)

Example Sentences

The visually-impaired athlete stormed past his team-mate and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion Yeltsin Jacques to cross the line in a world-record time of 14 minutes 48.85 seconds.

From BBC

Mr. Allman would go on to ride in the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat’s small plane across the desert, watch the Soviet president Boris Yeltsin strip in front of a crowd in Siberia, meet the Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi in his bunker, trek with farm laborers dodging death squads in El Salvador and, in April 1989, witness the uprising in Tiananmen Square in Beijing from his hotel balcony.

From New York Times

Among her many matches, she introduced Bill Clinton, who was then the governor of Arkansas, to Boris Yeltsin on a trip to Moscow.

From New York Times

A case of being in the right place at the right time in predecessor Boris Yeltsin's inner circle.

From BBC

These were the dying years of the Boris Yeltsin administration and Putin's rise was meteoric.

From BBC