1991年9月2日 · Yeltsin plays tennis at least once a week and is an avowed admirer of the works of the anticommunist Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, as well as the traditional …

2009年6月1日 · Famous as the first freely-elected leader of Russia, Boris Yeltsin stood by his country for better or worse – in politics as well as his favorite pastime, tennis. But last week, …

The former Russian president Boris Yeltsin, a man who liked his tennis racket as much as vodka, is being hailed as the revolutionary-in-chief. It is "Tsar Boris" who is giving Russia's top...

2014年10月9日 · In the post-Soviet era, the 66-year-old tennis legend trained some of Russia's brightest tennis talent, including Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Marat Safin and Maria Sharapova.

1995年1月1日 · In Moscow this past November, Eugene Scott, the director of the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament, had an idea for his annual Christmas card: he would mosey up to where …

Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Marat Safin and Maria Sharapova brought Russia tennis glory but it was keen player and avid fan Boris Yeltsin who helped to make the sport popular nationwide.

2024年8月13日 · A Russian tennis renaissance began, in the 1990s, largely thanks to the patronage of Boris Yeltsin and his love of the sport. He opened new tennis courts, funded …

2007年4月25日 · Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Marat Safin and Maria Sharapova brought Russia tennis glory but it was Boris Yeltsin who helped make it so popular.

2014年10月21日 · At the head of this new group of moneyed tennis fans – who began to sponsor Russian players and cover the cost of their expensive coaching, was no less than Russia’s …

2007年4月24日 · Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, an avid tennis player and supporter of the sport who was the first president of the Russian Tennis Federation and a long-time fixture …