Wall Street Journal ref1
White House, Moscow ref1, ref2
siege, 1993 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
words
communist control of ref1
ability to transcend closed borders ref1
as weapons ref1
Yakovlev, Alexander
on importance of the media ref1
relationship with Gorbachev ref1, ref2
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support of Perestroika ref1, ref2
evolution to liberal freethinker ref1
and the fall of Khrushchev ref1
on Khruschev ref1
and the invasion of Czechoslovakia ref1
on the rehabilitation of Stalin ref1
opposition to nationalists ref1
birth ref1
family history ref1
resentment of Stalinism ref1
at Columbia University ref1
military service ref1
as ambassador to Canada ref1, ref2
on Dukhobors ref1
review of system ref1
and the free market ref1
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and private ownership ref1
release of Pokaianie (Repentance) ref1
understanding of Glasnost ref1
stops jamming of foreign radio stations ref1
and the Andreeva letter ref1, ref2
and Yeltsin ref1
on television ref1, ref2
on pessimism ref1
support for Gorbachev ref1
and Moskovskie novosti (The Moscow News) ref1
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and Yeltsin’s secession threat ref1
warns Gorbachev of coup attempt ref1, ref2
quits Party ref1
prevents attack on KGB building ref1
appointed chairman of Ostankino ref1
beliefs ref1
on freedom of speech ref1
on Primakov ref1
and restoration of the Soviet national anthem ref1
Yakovlev, Vladimir ref1, ref2, ref3
editorship of Kommersant ref1, ref2, ref3
traits ref1
anti-journalism ref1
on Soviet period ref1
on class consciousness ref1
on early 1990s ref1
on language ref1
borrowing ref1
and presidential election, 1996 ref1
Yakovlev, Vladimir Ivanovich ref1
Yakovlev, Yegor ref1, ref2, ref3
funeral ref1
relationship with Gorbachev ref1
status ref1
background ref1, ref2
family history ref1
father ref1
grandparents ref1
death of father ref1
Ia idu s toboi (I Am Walking Alongside You) ref1, ref2
mother ref1
support for Stalin ref1, ref2
joins Communist Party ref1
first journalistic job ref1
and Khrushchev’s secret speech ref1
on Novy Mir ref1
post-Stalinist thaw ref1
as editor of Zhurnalist ref1
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support for Gorbachev ref1
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and the crackdown in Vilnius ref1
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Malgin debate ref1
on generational shift ref1
last issue of Moskovskie novosti ref1
as head of post-Soviet television ref1, ref2
and Ostankino television centre siege, 1992 ref1
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on Putin ref1
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secession threat ref1
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meeting with Gorbachev, 23 July 1991 ref1
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attitude to media ref1, ref2
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sacks Primakov ref1
family financial scandals ref1
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relationship with Putin ref1
appoints Putin prime minister ref1
resignation ref1
view of Russia ref1
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Yumashev, Valentin ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
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zastoi (stagnation) ref1
Zhirinovsky, Vladimir ref1, ref2
Zhukov, Georgy ref1
Zhurnalist (Journalist) (magazine) ref1
Zinoviev, Alexander ref1
Zolotaia likhoradka (Gold Rush) (TV game show) ref1
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A Note about the Author
Arkady Ostrovsky is a Russian-born, British journalist who has spent fifteen years reporting from Moscow, first for the Financial Times and then as a bureau chief for The Economist. He studied Russian theatre history in Moscow and holds a PhD in English Literature from Cambridge University. His translation of Tom Stoppard’s trilogy, The Coast of Utopia, has been published and staged in Russia.
Copyright
First published in hardback in Great Britain in 2015 by Atlantic Books, an imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd.