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Boris Yeltsin
 "LOOKS
like me!" was the comment by the then President of Russia, Boris
Yeltsin, when he signed the sketch Ihad drawn of him. This happened at
Raj Ghat where the Russian President had gone to pay homage to the
Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.It may be recalled that Yeltsin
who replaced Mikhail Gorbachev when Soviet Union disintegrated, was in
Delhi as Head of State. Known for this rustic gestures, Yeltsin reveals
in his autobiography Against the Grain that he was a born leader.
Even in school, he recounts, he was always the ring leader. In 1942,
when he was 11 years old, he persuaded his entire class to jump out of
the first floor window so that when the teacher arrived not a soul was
present in the room. A graduate in civil engineering, Yeltsin became a
member of the Communist Party and rose to become the first secretary at
a relatively young age of 45. It goes to his credit that in spite of
great struggles, Yeltsin became the President of Russia.
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