About the book: 2010 / The uniqueness of this biographical study is determined by the topic itself - the new book of the "ZhZL" series is dedicated to the first president of the Russian Federation B. N. Yeltsin. In this man, two principles coexisted in a strange way, which determined the attitude towards him in the era of the turning point. One part of the people saw in him an outstanding builder of the new Russia, the other - the destroyer of a great state. But no matter who he really was, one thing is beyond doubt: Yeltsin was in demand by history itself.