Our Alumni Will Always Bring Glory! - First Lady Naina Yeltsina Congratulated Ural Federal University

14:15, October 26, 2020

Naina Yeltsina graduated Ural Polytechnic Institute in 1955

Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina graduated the Ural Politechnic Institute in 1955. The future M-me First Lady met Boris Yeltsin in the university, and soon they married to lead a colorful and very rich life.

"Back in the day, we had a very strong friendship, and for us university was much about friendship...and of course we knew our first love there. We gathered at the university square and promised we will come back and meet here in five years. Every five years [after graduation] we met with our friednds, and all we talked about was university period. It was so great back then, it became our central part of life," said M-me First Lady

Boris Yeltsin was a bright political figure of the "perestroika" era, mayor of Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) and governor of Moscow, and the first popularly elected leader in the modern history of Russia, who guided the new country through a perilous decade of political and economic retrenching and turmoil until his sudden resignation at the turn of millennia. He is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the Russian Federation, who brought liberal reforms into the country after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

"Boris Nikolaevitch [Yeltsin] always had younger people in staff around him, he both liked them and had difficulties with them. Yet, he knew he had enormous interest in working with them. He entrusted them toughest jobs," said M-me First Lady in her discourse.

Today, Naina Yeltsina governs the Boris Yeltsin Fund that supports youth, education, and social activities. Every year she takes part in awarding the best students of UrFU with memorable accolades - and personal stipends. And equally, every year we are proud to carry the name of President Boris Yeltsin.

"UrFU's alumni will always bring glory to our university! My heartfelt congratulations on 100th anniversary!" - Naina Yeltsina.

Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. UrFU is located in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, an economic, industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. The university is the project office of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" designed for solving tasks of "Science" National Project.