According to a common opinion, the first president of Russia, announcing his resignation in New Year's Broadcasting, used the phrase: "I'm tired, I'm leaving." We checked whether Boris Nikolaevich pronounced it.

The popularity of quotes in the above version is ubiquitous. She sounds in the cinema and on television, it can be read in books And on Information sites. The phrase became the basis for memes, and in everyday life it often replaces traditional words of farewell. Of course, in many cases, people directly say that they quote Yeltsin - for example, it is written in biographies comedian and governor of the Altai Territory Mikhail Evdokimov.

The legendary recording of Yeltsin’s television show was the second at that time. The first one with a traditional New Year’s speech was recorded three days before the holiday, but then Boris Nikolaevich unexpectedly declared the film crew that the video would be rewritten on December 31. He spoke in detail about the subsequent events in his book "Presidential marathon".

According to Yeltsin, until December 28, only Vladimir Putin knew his decision, then the president told this news to the head of his administration Alexander Voloshin and his predecessor (and his future son -in -law) Valentin Yumashev. A little later he shared with his daughter Tatyana and only on the morning of December 31 - with his wife Naina. And here is what millions of viewers saw at noon on December 31, 1999:

“Today, on the last day of the outgoing century, I am resigning.” “I'm leaving. I am leaving a long period of time. " “I'm leaving. I did everything I could. " And no "I'm tired, I'm leaving." Where did the first half of this winged phrase come from?

It is believed that this phrase went to the people thanks to ... KVN. And if the number of 1998, in which the participant of the Ural Dumplings team in Yeltsin's voice speaks: “Listen to me, free, you understand, a flock. I am leaving for the vacation valley. You need a new leader. I'm talking about Mowgli ”-can be considered a very successful prediction, then after the resignation of Boris Yeltsin appeared performances in which the words of the ex-president sounded precisely in the winged version. One of the first, if not the first such number was the performance of the “team of the 20th century” in the “KVN special project” shown on the “first channel” on November 8, 2002:

In the following, 2003, the first mention This phrase on the network. In March repeat Team "PE" from Minsk. And Alexander Maslyakov in his book “KVN is alive” later writes that “The phrase” I am tired, I am leaving ”for a long time I was hiding in subsequent Kaveen seasons.”

This quote is a typical example of the so -called "Mandela effect", when in the mass consciousness a certain information is fixed in the same false form. In fact, Boris Yeltsin in the New Year's circulation of 1999 said a slightly different phrase.