We must not idealize the past. The Soviet era had its flaws.
— Boris Yeltsin Contemporary

First Russian Federation president

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Speech at a historical conference

Date / Period

1995

Category

Controversial

Source

https://www.yeltsincenter.ru/en/about/russia-in-the-1990s

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