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Boris Yeltsin dies at the age of 76 · 2007-04-24 11:42
Russian President Vladimir Putin has led tributes to his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, who has died aged 76.
Mr Yeltsin, who had a history of heart trouble, died of heart failure in a Moscow hospital.
His funeral will be held in Moscow on Wednesday, which has been declared a national day of mourning.
In Washington, President George W Bush praised Mr Yeltsin as an “historic figure who served his country during a period of momentous change”.
Mr Putin, who succeeded Mr Yeltsin at the end of 1999, recalled Mr Yeltsin as a “courageous but genial and warm-hearted person”.
YELTSIN KEY DATES by BBC
July 1990: Resigns from Communist Party
June 1991: Elected president of Russian republic (in USSR)
August 1991: Rallies citizens against anti-Gorbachev coup, bans Russian communist party
December 1991: Takes over from Mikhail Gorbachev as head of state
1992: Lifts price controls, launches privatisation
October 1993: Russia on brink of civil war, Yeltsin orders tanks to fire at parliament
December 1994: Sends tanks into Chechnya
June 1996: Re-elected as Russian president, suffers heart attack during campaign
1998: Financial crisis, rouble loses 75% of its value
December 1999: Resigns, appoints Vladimir Putin successor
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