The View from the Kremlin: The President's Journal, 1991-93

Yeltsin, Boris

Biographies & Memoirs

Harpers Collins

AGAINST THE GRAIN an Autobiography

Summit

Midnight Diaries

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

An autobiography of Boris Yeltsin, Politburo member and President Gorbachev's fiercest critic, which tells the inside story of the politics of perestroika.

Against the Grain: An Autobiography

Pan/Macmillan

Soviet politician and opposition leader Boris Yeltsin discusses his early life, political career, family, rise to power in the Communist party, relationship with Gorbachev, and the inner workings of Soviet politics

History

Americas

Simon&Schuster

In this highly-praised journal of Russia's transition and struggle, with new material added, Yeltsin describes his stormy relationship with Gorbachev, the fateful August coup, and the October uprising. He reveals classified KGB documents concerning an array of topics, from Lee Harvey Oswald to the KGB arming of the IRA, and describes the painful and dangerous transition to a market economy.

The Struggle for Russia

Russia

Crown

Historical

An hour-by-hour record of the three-day communist coup that began on August 19, 1991 in Moscow is made up of the press releases and news dispatches from the Russian Information Agency and Postfactum and is accompanied by an introduction by Boris Yeltsin.

Putsch: The Diary : Three Days That Collapsed the Empire, Aug 19-21, 1991

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Mosaic Pr

"Today, on the last day of the outgoing century, I resign… Russia must enter the new millennium with new politicians, with new faces, with new intelligent, strong, energetic people, and we who have been in power for many years must go."On December 31, 1999, Russian president Boris Yeltsin stunned the world by stepping down six months ahead of schedule.  His decision was cloaked in secrecy, and his announcement rivaled the Eiffel Tower fireworks for dramatic effect.In his new memoir, Yeltsin looks back on the struggles and upheavals in Russia over the last few years and his own role as the man who held the strings.  Opening with his now famous Millennial Eve speech, he reflects on a decade of leadership, decisions, and crucial events, from the coup of 1991 to his first showdown with Parliament in 1993, Chechnya, and more.  He ponders politics, his family, his relationship with Bill Clinton, and how he wants history to remember him.  The style throughout is "vintage Yeltsin" - pithy, direct, anecdotal.Midnight Diaries is the ultimate insider's story of the Russian Federation from 1991 - 1999.  It's also the portrait of a man who, despite reactionary forces and the pull of communist doctrine, was determined to give his country and people a better future.

HighBridge Audio

"Today, on the last day of the outgoing century, I resign… Russia must enter the new millennium with new politicians, with new faces, with new intelligent, strong, energetic people, and we who have been in power for many years must go." On December 31, 1999, Russian president Boris Yeltsin stunned the world by stepping down six months ahead of schedule. His decision was cloaked in secrecy, and his announcement rivaled the Eiffel Tower fireworks for dramatic effect. In his new memoir, Yeltsin looks back on the struggles and upheavals in Russia over the last few years and his own role as the man who held the strings. Opening with his now famous Millennial Eve speech, he reflects on a decade of leadership, decisions, and crucial events, from the coup of 1991 to his first showdown with Parliament in 1993, Chechnya, and more. He ponders politics, his family, his relationship with Bill Clinton, and how he wants history to remember him. The style throughout is "vintage Yeltsin" - pithy, direct, anecdotal. Midnight Diaries is the ultimate insider's story of the Russian Federation from 1991 - 1999. It's also the portrait of a man who, despite reactionary forces and the pull of communist doctrine, was determined to give his country and people a better future.

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