Mikhail Gorbachev vs Boris Yeltsin

Who's winning: Mikhail Gorbachev or Boris Yeltsin?

So far, Mikhail Gorbachev has 24% and Boris Yeltsin has 76% of 5,531 votes cast — Boris Yeltsin is currently ahead.

Gorbachev introduced glasnost and perestroika as the last leader of the Soviet Union. Yeltsin became the first president of the Russian Federation and steered the country through its turbulent early years.

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