Boris Yeltsin Birthday

14:19, February 1, 2023

Flowers were laid at the memorial plaque of the famous alumnus

On February 1, Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Russia and a graduate of the Ural Polytechnic Institute (now the Ural Federal University), turned 92. Students, faculty and staff of the university pay tribute to the famous graduate.

Sergey Kortov, the First Vice Rector of the Ural Federal University, laid flowers on the memorial plaque on the facade of the main academic building.

Boris Yeltsin's studies at the Ural Polytechnic Institute are described in one of the halls of the interactive exhibition of the UrFU Museum. There you can see his record book.

Boris Yeltsin entered the Ural Polytechnic Institute in 1949 and graduated as a Civil Engineer in 1955. During his student years, he was seriously interested in sports and met his future wife, Naina Yeltsina (Girina).

The news article was translated by UrFU International Marketing Office.
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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.