2005 year. Alexander Yakovlev died
Ten years ago, on October 18, 2005, at the age of 81, Alexander Nikolayevich Yakovlev, the main ideologist of Gorbachev's perestroika, a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU and chairman of the Commission under the President of Russia for the rehabilitation of victims of political repression, died.