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Boris Yeltsin

President of Russia, 1991 to 1999

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Stood on a tank to resist the 1991 coup, dissolved the Soviet Union and launched painful market reforms, but shelled parliament in 1993 and chose Vladimir Putin as his successor.

Boris Yeltsin sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy, leaning strength-first on war and peace and leaning anti-establishment on institutions.

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Where Boris Yeltsin sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Boris Yeltsin

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Political views closest to Boris Yeltsin

Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.94%FusionismBlends free-market and small-government ideas with traditional social values and a…92%Effective accelerationismArgues that rapid technological progress, especially in AI and energy, is the best path…91%Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…88%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Presidential Press and Information Office, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.