Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin died today.The news reports on the death of an important figure are often very useful for teachers. The major news outlets will do biographical obits and they are often good summaries of the times as well as the life of the deceased. I'll be looking at the BBC, the Economist, the New York Times, and Russian sources.
The Independent reported it this way today:
"Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed his predecessor Boris Yeltsin, who died on Monday aged 76, as the man who gave birth to 'a newly democratic Russia'.
"Yeltsin would always be remembered as the first president of the post-Soviet Russian Federation, Putin said.
"Under Yeltsin 'a newly democratic Russia was born, and a free nation opened to the world. A state where power really rests with the people', he added.
"Yeltsin was instrumental in drawing up a new constitution for Russia with human rights at the forefront and ensuring freedom of thought and free elections, Putin said..."
Labels: history, regime, Russia
posted by Ken Wedding @ 6:46 PM
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