This man, holding the papers and standing on the tank to defy the attempted coup against Gorbachev back in August 1991, is one thing I will remember Boris Yeltsin for. He stood for Russia’s freedom from the scourge of Communism!
But like all other human beings, he had flaws. Two years later, he opened fire on the Russian parliament building (which just happens to be named the White House) when the Duma stood against his reforms. He took a lot of flak for that.
These are but two things I will remember Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин for. Now, he is gone. I think he would have been a fun guy to meet and drink some tater juice with.
So it is, in his memory, I dedicate this mp3 file, from the Tom Clancy game Politika, which happened to predate this event by about a decade. Still an appropriate theme for Gospodin Yeltsin. Farewell.