Boris Yeltsin: A political biography by Solovyov, Vladimir
Boris Yeltsin: A Political Biography (First UK Edition Hardcover Copy)
The Definitive, Investigative Behind-the-Scenes Account of Russia's First Democratic President
The Definitive, Investigative Behind-the-Scenes Account of Russia's First Democratic President
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Boris Yeltsin: A Political Biography
- Authors: Vladimir Solovyov and Elena Klepikova
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
- Publication Date: 1992
- ISBN-10: 0297812521
- ISBN-13: 9780297812524
- Edition Details: First UK Edition, First Printing. Standard hardcover release with original unclipped dust jacket.
- Binding: Original publisher's premium cloth boards with crisp silver or gold gilt-stamped lettering across the spine, complete with structurally sound endpapers.
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 320 pages. Enhanced with a vital 8-page section of historical black-and-white archival photographs tracking Yeltsin's political life, a comprehensive index, and detailed structural timelines of the collapse of the Soviet apparatus.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Cloth Boards: The cloth casing remains in exceptional condition, sitting flat, square, and structurally sound. The corners show only microscopic storage friction, and the spine ends are crisp. The spine itself remains completely unbroken, flat, and undamaged, retaining its original structural rigidity.
- Interior: The text block is robustly bound, perfectly clean, and tight. The internal pages and photographic reference plates are completely clean, crisp, and intact. Entirely free of standard user highlighting, ink underlining, dealer pencil marks, or dog-ears.
- Provenance: An exemplary, well-maintained collectible copy showing no evidence of remainder marks, institutional library stamps, or previous owner nameplates.
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The Dust Jacket: Very Good (VG)
- Condition Details: The original, striking illustrated dust jacket exhibits vibrant graphics and strong paper structural integrity. It shows very limited, superficial signs of handling and slight edge wear along the outer extremities. It features no significant tears, fading, or open chips, and comes protected in a clear, archival Cellophane cover.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in 1992 immediately following the historic collapse of the USSR, Boris Yeltsin: A Political Biography stands as the world's very first full biography of Russia's groundbreaking leader. Written by two acclaimed former Soviet journalists, this volume provides a rare, unvarnished glimpse inside the secretive Kremlin power structure. The narrative traces the meteoric rise, fall, and spectacular resurrection of the first democratically elected leader in Russia's thousand-year history.
Moving far beyond official accounts and Yeltsin's own politically cautious autobiography, authors Vladimir Solovyov and Elena Klepikova expose the high-stakes political duels between Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev. They document the dramatic events of the abortive August 1991 coup and his flamboyant, often mysterious personal life. Part political thriller and part cutting-edge analysis, this foundational work captures the absolute turning point of the new Russian revolution as it unfolded in real time.
Author Profile: Vladimir Solovyov & Elena Klepikova
Vladimir Solovyov and Elena Klepikova are highly distinguished ex-Soviet investigative journalists, political analysts, and historians. As the pioneering founders of the Soviet Union's very first independent press agency, they established unprecedented networks of confidential sources close to both Yeltsin's inner circle and his fiercest communist opponents. Having left the USSR to work in the West, their biographical collaborations—including their landmark studies on Yuri Andropov and Mikhail Gorbachev—are widely praised by academics for their narrative speed, sharp psychological profiling, and brilliant ability to cut through official Soviet state propaganda.
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