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Alexander Yakovlev

1923 - 2005

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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. A member of the Politburo and Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union throughout the 1980s, he was termed the "godfather of glasnost", and was the intellectual force behind Mikhail Gorbachev's reform programme of glasnost and perestroika. Born into a rural family, Yakovlev served as a platoon commander of a marine brigade during World War II, and became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union following the war. During the rule of Nikita Khrushchev, he became a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, before resigning to study abroad as part of the Fulbright Programme, returning in 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Yakovlev is the 11,594th most popular politician (down from 7,845th in 2019), the 1,144th most popular biography from Russia (down from 742nd in 2019) and the 319th most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Yakovlev ranks 11,594 out of 19,576. Before him are Mari Alkatiri, Nicholas Orsini, Laureano Gómez, Dan McKee, Salim Idris, and Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine. After him are Joseph de Villèle, John I, Duke of Lorraine, Saraha, Jaime Lusinchi, Ashina Xichun, and Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Alexander Yakovlev ranks 192. Before him are Brian Naylor, Richard Herrmann, Jimmy Mullen, Lucía Hiriart, Nirmala Srivastava, and Gordon Jackson. After him are Evelyn McHale, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Sam Phillips, Václav Ježek, and Louis Lansana Beavogui. Among people deceased in 2005, Alexander Yakovlev ranks 141. Before him are Andrea Dworkin, Sergio Endrigo, Andre Norton, Martin Lings, James Doohan, and Wee Kim Wee. After him are Jacques Villeret, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Giuseppe Caprio, Pierre Bachelet, Eduardo Paolozzi, and Françoise d'Eaubonne.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Yakovlev ranks 1,144 out of 3,761. Before him are Gevork Vartanian (1924), Boris Stürmer (1848), Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1669), Alexander Alyabyev (1787), Sergei Gerasimov (1906), and Valery Nepomnyashchy (1943). After him are Oleg Protopopov (1932), Konstantin Novoselov (1974), Olga Baclanova (1893), Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia (1825), Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752), and Natalia Gutman (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Alexander Yakovlev ranks 319. Before him are Vladislav Surkov (1964), Yemelyan Yaroslavsky (1878), Ivan Fedyuninsky (1900), Gevork Vartanian (1924), Boris Stürmer (1848), and Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1669). After him are Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia (1825), Natalia Gutman (1942), Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia (1887), Elvira Nabiullina (1963), Alexander Miasnikian (1886), and Johannes Virolainen (1914).

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