Schlagwort: Alexander Yakovlev and the Roots of the Soviet Reforms

Alexander Yakovlev and the Roots of the Soviet Reforms Washington D.C. August 20, 2011 – Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev, who died in Moscow last week at the age of 81, was probably the best known “architect of perestroika.” Soviet ambassador to Canada, then member of the Politburo and Mikhail Gorbachev’s closest adviser, he could rightfully be…