Alexander Yakovlev : the man whose ideas delivered Russia from communism /

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"A significant political figure in twentieth-century Russia, Alexander Yakovlev was the intellectual force behind the processes of peretroika (reconstruction) and glasnost' (openness) that liberated the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe form Communist rule between 1989 and 1991. Yet, until n...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pipes, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: DeKalb, Illinois : Northern Illinois University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
I͡Akovlev, A. N. > (Aleksandr Nikolaevich), > 1923-2005.
I͡Akovlev, A. N. > (Aleksandr Nikolaevich), > 1923-2005
Since 1985
Statesmen > Soviet Union > Biography.
Hommes d'État > URSS > Biographies.
Politics and government
Statesmen
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1985-1991.
Russia (Federation) > Politics and government > 1991-
URSS > Politique et gouvernement > 1985-1991.
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Youth
  • War
  • Khrushchev's speech
  • Columbia University
  • Trouble
  • Canada
  • Back home
  • The December 1985 Memorandum
  • Relations with Gorbachev
  • Glasnost'
  • Need of a fundamental break
  • Role in foreign policy
  • The 1939 Secret Protocol
  • Attitude toward the United States
  • Advocating presidency
  • Accusations of treason
  • Bolshevik crimes
  • Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  • Private life
  • The August 1991 Coup
  • Yakovlev's final thoughts about Russia and Russians
  • Death.

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