<p>Gone but not forgotten?</p>
<p>Which one? Like Saddam I think he has 3-4 duplicates of himself.</p>
<p>I don't like Russia. He is Russia right? lol</p>
<p>jk jk. Well, not about the Russia... oh I just confused myself. </p>
<p>That is sad that he is dead...</p>
<p>My comparative govt teacher made this fact an extra credit question on our quiz today.</p>
<p>Ah, Yeltsin made some good progress for Russia, even if he made some mistakes. It's too bad he died.</p>
<p>haha Yeltsin...theyre all just Communists in disguise making money off of oil.</p>
<p>^ ahh haah EXACTLY :D</p>
<p>is it just me, or is the white house spokeswoman who read out the white house message on his death SUPER bland and boring? there was basically no inflection, no rhythm, just rushing through the words emotionlessly and mechanically. not to mention she wasn't very good looking anyway. we should have better spokespeople who can at least pretend to be emotional when they need to be. maybe i watch too much of the west wing</p>
<p>He was a crazy drunk.</p>
<p>If you dont read or learn enough history, spare your comments. Especially when you say that he was communist. On the contrary, thanks to him Russia is a democratic country now.
Dont make some plain statements by calling him communist or a crazy drunk, if you do not analyse history. Yes he did have an alcohol problem, some people suffer from it and it is not very uncommon these days, but it does not mean he was crazy. He was very intelligent, because together with Gorbachev he achieved a lot to make such huge country which was under socialistic government for so many years turn into democratic.
So if you call him communist or crazy make a statement on WHY you think that about him and dont just assume it, not knowing enough facts! Otherwise it makes you look very unwise making some comments and not backing it up with facts.</p>
<p>He was a drunk because, I read my history books and read books about Russia. Also, I have taken courses in college about world history and have asked my friend (who was born in Russia) about him. I guess there are some things your high school history teachers don't tell you.</p>
<p>Also, you have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to back your statements on why he was so great. So before you start barking orders at people, practice what you preach. </p>
<p>People said horrible things about ANS on these boards when she died (a druggie because she had drug problems) and yet, I didn't see YOU condemning their posts. Many people suffer from drug problems no? So what's the difference if I said Yeltsin was a drunk? </p>
<p>If you don't like what I have to say, tough. That's life my friend and it sure is a ***** sometimes, isn't it?</p>
<p>god forbid anyone resembling him rules Russia ever again.</p>
<p>rot in hell, thanks for screwing over the country for the next 50 years</p>
<p>Lol, read my post again, I did not say anything about him being great. Firstly I did say that YES he did have drinking problems, but he was not crazy. Saying that he dealt with communists and tried to make democracy in Russia work does not mean he was great at it, however I pointed out with this statement that he was not crazy like you said and was not a communist. Russia is a huge nation and USSR at that time was even bigger, it is extremly hard to turn such large country into a new politycal system of government, and yes he did do mistakes, but who would do it perfectly if at that time there was such a mess in the country and low economy.
That is why I think he does not deserve to be called just a crazy drunk!</p>
<p>I did not read that thread you mentioned about someone taking drungs and never saw it, since I am not that often on CC. </p>
<p>However, I did not mean to "bark orders at people" I just said that it would be better to back up comments you make, otherwise it does not make sense to just call him communist or crazy, because it is not so.
Dont think I am trying to prove something here or argue with your point. I dont really care what your opinion about him is.
If you seem to be so interested in history, that is a shame that you leave just blank comments with no analysis. And that what history is about, learning and analysing it.
And I will tell you that even if your friend is Russian, not all Russians are the same opinion about him. I am Russian and I do take history in college, so I do know what I am talking about.</p>
<p>LMFAO, hun, I think you need to reread MY post. I stated what I thought about him, and since you decided that it didn't fit with your particular views, you decided to attack me for it. Also, I never said he was a communist, so stop distorting my one sentence post. Someone else said that, so attack that person, not me.</p>
<p>Back up my comments? Yeah, you really backed up your comments with more of your opinions and not facts. What was your analysis based on? I didn't see any sources cited in your post. </p>
<p>If you don't care what my opinion is, then why are you resorting to making and editing posts attacking me? Why don't you just leave it be?</p>
<p>You're Russian and you know what you're talking about? I have studied history extensively, so I know what I'm talking about. </p>
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<p>Then stop responding to my post. It's as simple as that. No one is forcing you to respond to my post. </p>
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<p>It's a shame that you have to resort to ad hominem attacks.</p>
<p>If you're going to continue to attack me and make claims that are unwarranted and baseless, then I'm not going to respond. I don't have the time, nor the energy to spend on that. Kinda funny how you decided to attack me directly and not other posters who don't agree with your views. Too bad, I have my opinions about him based on the research I've done, and you're not going to make me flip-flop on that statement because you didn't like it or whatever.</p>
<p>It's sad that he died; I associate him with my early childhood.</p>
<p>However, he wasn't good as a politician.</p>
<p>How can you possibly say he wasn't a good politician?
Why did people gather on the streets to hear him speak?
Why did he become the the first President?
Why did he win the 1996 elections, despite the fierce opposition from the communists?</p>
<p>He broke Soviet Union. That is enough for me.</p>
<p>That doesn't make him a bad politician though. He did what he believed was right.</p>
<p>Ok listen smurfgirl,
In my FIRST post I was talking not to only you, as you can imagine I was talking to the one who called him communist aswell! My comment was not attacking you, I was just telling my opinion from all the facts.
I was telling that it just doesnt make sense to call him communist because historically it is not so (I wasnt reffering it to your post as you can imagine).</p>
<p>Secondly I WAS backing up my comment, by saying that he helped set democracy in Russia and worked through it with Gorbachev, that is a FACT.
That is how I was proving to the one that called him communist that he actually wasnt.
(By the way you back up your comments or views not only with sources or documents, but also with facts!) And that was a fact, you would know it because, it talks about it in every history book.</p>
<p>I did not mean to attack you, I just did not understand why you called him "crazy". It just does not make sense him being crazy if he has achieved quite a lot in his years as presdent. And that is not my particular view as you said, that is again a fact, however he did make a lot of mistakes, but it does not prove he was crazy. You just called him crazy not even saying why you thought so, that is why it didnt quite make sense.
If he had mental problems or anything that showed he was crazy, you could have at least mention that with some sort of fact, which would at least show that you have studied your history extensivly. History is all about making a statement and backing it up with facts, document studies and other sources which would give a prove what you are saying is correct.
Its intersting how you thought that my first post was based only on attacking YOU and no one else. I didnt even mention your name and I was responding not only on your post but also others, as you can see I was saying that he was not a communist.</p>
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<p>People in the republics wanted to broke away from USSR. And that ended the cold war, wasn't that good?</p>