Boris yeltsin became the first popularly elected president of the russian federation in 1991. which of the following statements is true of the challenges the country faced in the first years of yeltsin's term? a. prices soared due to hyperinflation, and millions of citizens were impoverished. b. most russians were resistant to any changes that brought the country closer to capitalism. c. yeltsin's changes did away with the middle classes that had flourished under communism. d. unrest grew as former communist party members were barred from holding public office.