A Century of Violence in Soviet Russia
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A Century of Violence in Soviet Russia by Alexander N Yakovlev
Alexander Yakovlev played a unique role in the transformation of the Soviet Union that led to its collapse in 1991. It was he who persuaded Gorbachev to pursue the concept of perestroika. This text is the outcome of a lifetime of reflection on the evils of the system of which he was a part.
"A profoundly moving and powerfully documented indictment of Lenin's and Stalin's crimes, written by a man of conscience who served on the Politburo in the waning days of the Soviet UnionPerhaps after reading it, Putin will wonder whether it is still appropriate to be honoring near the Kremlin Lenin's embalmed corpsel" - Zbigniew Brzezinski
Alexander N. Yakovlev is president of the International Democracy Foundation in Moscow and chair of Russia’s Presidential Commission for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Political Repression. He was Soviet ambassador to Canada from 1973 to 1983, then returned to the Soviet Union to become the main architect of perestroika under Gorbachev.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300087604 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300087608 |
| Title | A Century of Violence in Soviet Russia |
| Author | Alexander N Yakovlev |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2002-09-10 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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