Alexander Yakovlev Александр Яковлев | |
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| Born | 2 December 1923 Korolyovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 18 October 2005 Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Alexander Nikolayevich Yakovlev (2 December 1923 – 18 October 2005) was a Soviet politician. In 1985, Gorbachev appointed Yakovlev as head of the Department of Agitation and Propaganda.[1] Yakovlev described himself as a social democrat.[2]
Early life
Yakovlev joined the CPSU while serving in the navy during the Great Patriotic War. He attended the Academy of Social Sciences from 1956 to 1960 and became deputy director of the agitprop department in 1965.[1]
Political career
Yakovlev was the Soviet ambassador to Canada from 1973 to 1983. In 1983, Gorbachev visited Yakovlev in Canada and appointed him as director of the Institute for International Relations and World Economy. Yakovlev made Glavlit give up its oversight of publications and appointed anti-communists as editors of major journals and newspapers.[1] In 1985, he proposed splitting the CPSU into a Socialist Party and People's Democratic Party.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny (2010). Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union: 'Promise and Foreboding, 1985-86' (pp. 116–118). [PDF] iUniverse.com. ISBN 9781450241717
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny (2010). Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union: 'Turning Point, 1987-88' (pp. 136, 149). [PDF] iUniverse.com. ISBN 9781450241717