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Alexander Nikolayevich Yakovlev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Я́ковлев; 2 December 1923 – 18 October 2005) was a Soviet and Russian politician, diplomat, and historian.
Aleksandr Yakovlev, one of the principal architects of Gorbachev’s reform program, quit the CPSU on August 16, 1991, declaring that a “Stalinist group within the party leadership was preparing a party and state coup.”
Oct 19, 2005 · Aleksandr N. Yakovlev, a historian, propagandist and diplomat and an architect of Mikhail S. Gorbachev's political reforms in the Soviet Union during the...
Alexander Yakovlev was General Secretary Gorbachev's closest advisor and most loyal supporter in the Soviet leadership during the first five years of perestroika. During the 1960s and early 1970s Yakovlev held a series of responsible positions in the propaganda department of the Central Committee.
Oct 26, 2005 · Alexander Yakovlev rose through the Communist Party ranks to become one of the most vocal critics of the Stalinist past and a passionate advocate of democratization in the second half of the 1980s. He was one of the people history will credit for his role in helping to end the Cold War.
Nov 21, 2017 · Alexander Yakovlev’s intellectual journey in search of truth brought him away from Marxism towards liberty and democracy, and it is providential that through his journey the Soviet Union found its way to a peaceful liberation from communism.
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