The end of an era

In this final film on Yeltsin, Dr Edwin Bacon (University of Lincoln), discusses Yeltin’s second term and how his public profile went from hero to growing embarrassment. Importantly he examines how Yeltin’s search for a successor that would secure his family’s security led to rapid changes in Prime Ministers in his final presidential years until he settled on the largely unknown Vladimir Putin. In the second half of this film, Dr Bacon, illustrates the legacy and significance of Yeltsin and his period as president of Russia.

1. Yeltsin - Early Life

2. Yeltsin and Russia in the late 1980s

3. Yeltsin and the fall of the Soviet Union

4. Yeltsin's agenda

5. Yeltsin and the Oligarchs

6. Yeltsin and the West

7. Yeltsin's second term and legacy