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How tall is Boris Yeltsin?

Q: How tall is Boris Yeltsin?

Boris Yeltsin is 187 cm tall, which is 6′2″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)

Recorded height
187 cm 6′2″ · 1.87 m · 73.6 inches

Boris Yeltsin is 187 cm tall (6′2″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 12 cm taller than the average U.S. man (175.3 cm, 5′9″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).

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