He was the first popularly elected Russian president

In 1991, the Russian Federation was established and declared a nation following the fall of the Soviet Union. A democratic republic, the Russian Federation was governed by its constitution, which gained more force after 1993. Since then, there have been four presidents, the first of them was Boris Yeltsin, which is a crucial piece of information about him.

On June 12th, 1991, Boris was sworn in as president with a 57 percent approval rating. His victory in the country's first direct popular vote for president was viewed as a green light for economic change. Yeltsin opposed the coup leaders and mobilized opposition in Moscow during the brief communist takeover of Gorbachev in August 1991. He also called for Gorbachev's restoration. Yeltsin became the most influential political figure in the nation after the coup failed a few days after it started. Together with the leaders of Ukraine and Belarus (Belorussia), he founded the new Commonwealth of Independent States in December 1991 to take the place of the collapsing USSR. Following Gorbachev's departure as president of the Soviet Union on December 25, the Russian government, led by Yeltsin, took over many of the former superpower's duties for military, foreign policy, and finance.