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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Yakovlev has received more than 105,806 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Alexander Yakovlev is the 7,494th most popular politician (up from 7,734th in 2019), the 735th most popular biography from Russia (down from 732nd in 2019) and the 217th most popular Russian Politician.

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  • 55.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Yakovlev ranks 7,494 out of 15,577. Before him are Margaret Douglas, Boutros Ghali, William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, Manuel I of Trebizond, and Godepert. After him are William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Maurice Couve de Murville, Paulias Matane, René Duguay-Trouin, Časlav, and Alexander of Tralles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Alexander Yakovlev ranks 121. Before him are Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Philly Joe Jones, Charles Durning, Elisabeth Becker, Bert Kaempfert, and Peter Lawford. After him are Wally Schirra, Alexandre Astruc, Joseph Heller, Tito Puente, Andrés Rodríguez, and Anita Björk. Among people deceased in 2005, Alexander Yakovlev ranks 84. Before him are Álvaro Cunhal, John Garang, Erich Topp, Richard Pryor, Cicely Saunders, and Ed McBain. After him are Julio César Turbay Ayala, Alberto Lattuada, Annette Stroyberg, Sandra Dee, Alain Bombard, and Simone Simon.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Yakovlev ranks 735 out of 3,262. Before him are Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (1861), Musa Cälil (1906), Elena Stasova (1873), Noor Inayat Khan (1914), Arkady Gaidar (1904), and Arsen Kotsoyev (1872). After him are Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (1896), Alexander Gradsky (1949), Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia (1886), Georgy Sviridov (1915), Lev Pontryagin (1908), and Sergei Belov (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Alexander Yakovlev ranks 217. Before him are Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (1842), Platon Zubov (1767), Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (1827), Malyuta Skuratov (1600), Talabuga (1300), and Elena Stasova (1873). After him are Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia (1886), Princess Olga Paley (1865), Yuriy Yekhanurov (1948), Vyacheslav von Plehve (1846), Alexander Lebed (1950), and Vasily of Kostroma (1241).

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