Globe Editorial

Boris Yeltsin

April 24, 2007

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A 29-YEAR-OLD student in Moscow gave this assessment of Boris Yeltsin, who died yesterday at age 76: "It's too early to judge properly now, but in 10 or 20 years we will be able to judge." However, from an outside perspective, here's a preliminary appraisal: Yeltsin will stand with Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great , Lenin, ... (Full article: 456 words)