Archive for October 20th, 2005
Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev
By Sean at 20 October, 2005, 5:31 pm
One of the main architects of perestroika, Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev died on Tuesday. He was 81. Born in the village of Korolevo near Yaroslavl in 1923, Yakovlev was of the first generation reared under the Soviet system, and ironically, was instrumental in bringing its collapse. Like so many of his generation, he fought in the [...]
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