Yegor Yakovlev

Yegor Vladimirovich Yakovlev (Russian Егор Владимирович Яковлев; born March 14, 1930 in Moscow, † 18 September 2005 ) was a Russian journalist and writer. He was significant pioneer of perestroika.

Life

Yegor Yakovlev was first historian and began his journalism career as an editor at various Soviet specialists and regional newspapers. The early 80s, he worked at the newspaper " Pravda" of the Communist Party and in the government newspaper "Izvestia ". In 1986 he became editor of the Moscow weekly " Moskowskije Novosti " including international editions (including Moscow News Moscow News ). The former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev took the Moskowskije Novosti under the new freedom of the press to publish his perestroika policy. For this he was supported primarily by Yakovlev. He was also Chairman of the State All-Union Society for television and radio by Gorbachev appointed.

In 1990 Yakovlev was awarded in Milan as "Journalist of Europe". Under President Boris Yeltsin, he was in charge for a short time with the guide of television. The journalist criticized without ceasing the restrictions on press freedom and held there with his opinion to the death by lung and heart failure is not behind the mountain.

Yakovlev made ​​as a book author name and author of several works on the Russian revolutionary leader Lenin.

Quotes

  • It's the end of a legend, the end of a man, without which the Russian journalism would be different. ( Igor Yakovenko, general secretary of the Journalists' Union, on 19 September 2005)
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