Although he had backed Mikhail Gorbachev in the summer of 1991,Boris Yeltsin,from his position as _________,joined with others to declare the end of the Soviet Union in the fall of 1991.

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Boris Yeltsin was elected as the president of the Russian Federation in 1991 and played a pivotal role in the collapse of the Soviet Union later that year. He joined with leaders from other Soviet republics to declare the end of the Soviet Union and establish the Commonwealth of Independent States. He was not a member of the Soviet Politburo or the president of Byelorussia or the Supreme Soviet, and the position of president of the Soviet Union had been abolished before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Although He Had Backed Mikhail Gorbachev in the Summer of 1991,Boris