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Yel'Tsin and "Russo-Gaullism"

Yel'Tsin and "Russo-Gaullism" 44- DONALD R. KELLEY (Fayetteville, AR, USA) YEL'TSIN AND "RUSSO-GAULLISM" Assessing Boris Nikolaevich Yel'tsin's tenure as the first democratically elected President of Russia is no easy task. He and his administration are re- plete with contradictions. Bom and raised to political maturity within the old Communist order, he initially embraced reform and democratization with a pas;sion that exceeded almost all of the other apparatchiki-cum-democrats who supported Gorbachev's agenda. In frustration, Gorbachev once termed him an "ultra-perestroikist," accusing him in proper Leninist fashion of a sort of modem day "adventurism" in pressing for reforms at too rapid a pace. Po- litically reborn a populist through the elections to the Congress of People's Deputies, Yel'tsin emerged as one of the most strident proponents of true (as opposed to Communist Party-led) democratization, market reforms, and - a bit opportunistically and belatedly - of moderate Russian nationalism and the redefinition of the multinational Soviet state. He dramatically abandoned the Communist Party at its last congress and won popular election to the presidency of the Russian Federation in June 1991. Then came comic opera coup of 19-21 August 1991 that reversed the role of Hhe Soviet and Russian leaders. Whatever can be said about http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review Brill

Yel'Tsin and "Russo-Gaullism"

Kelley, Donald R.
The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review , Volume 21 (1): 12 – Jan 1, 1994
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44- DONALD R. KELLEY (Fayetteville, AR, USA) YEL'TSIN AND "RUSSO-GAULLISM" Assessing Boris Nikolaevich Yel'tsin's tenure as the first democratically elected President of Russia is no easy task. He and his administration are re- plete with contradictions. Bom and raised to political maturity within the old Communist order, he initially embraced reform and democratization with a pas;sion that exceeded almost all of the other apparatchiki-cum-democrats who supported Gorbachev's agenda. In frustration, Gorbachev once termed him an "ultra-perestroikist," accusing him in proper Leninist fashion of a sort of modem day "adventurism" in pressing for reforms at too rapid a pace. Po- litically reborn a populist through the elections to the Congress of People's Deputies, Yel'tsin emerged as one of the most strident proponents of true (as opposed to Communist Party-led) democratization, market reforms, and - a bit opportunistically and belatedly - of moderate Russian nationalism and the redefinition of the multinational Soviet state. He dramatically abandoned the Communist Party at its last congress and won popular election to the presidency of the Russian Federation in June 1991. Then came comic opera coup of 19-21 August 1991 that reversed the role of Hhe Soviet and Russian leaders. Whatever can be said about

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