Boris Yeltsin, Gorbachev's main opponent from the Russian Republic, announced the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The republic saw Yeltsin as a hero, and he destroyed Gorbachev in his quest for personal power. ...

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After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and collapse of Russia's controlled economy, a new Russian Federation was created under president Boris Yeltsin in 1991. ... Yeltsin's program of market-oriented reform came to be known as a type of shock therapy. ...

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