Alexander Yakovlev [electronic resource] :the man whose ideas delivered Russia from Communism / Richard Pipes.
By: Pipes, Richard [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: BookPublisher: DeKalb IL : NIU Press, 2015. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781609091859; 160909185X.Subject(s): I͡Akovlev, A. N. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich), 1923-2005 | Statesmen -- Soviet Union -- Biography | Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991- | Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991Genre/Form: Electronic books. Online resources: Full text available:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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