 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru wePolitburo muna 1987, asi pakazosvika 1990 akanga ava kunangidzirwa ngwariro nevakuru vakuru vemakomonisiti vari mubato rinopikisa kusunungurwa. Pakokorodzano yechi28 yeCommunist Party yeSoviet Unionmuna July 1990, Alexander Lebed aishora akaratidzira apo akabvunza Yakovlev kuti: Alexander Nikolaevich... Une zviso zvingani? Yakovlev akanyara akabvunza vaaishanda navo uye akapfuurira nemabasa, asi akasiya basa muPolitburo zuva rakatevera kupera kwekongiresi. Sezvo vaKomonisiti vaishora kusunungurwa vakawana simba, chinzvimbo chake chakava chisina kusimba zvikuru; akarwiswa zvakasimba neaichimbova mudzidzi wake Gennady Zyuganov muna Chivabvu 1991, akasiya basa muParty mazuva maviri pamberi peCoup dAugust muna 1991. Mukati mokubudirira, Yakovlev akabatana nevanopikisa vorusununguko vachipikisa. Kutevera kuedza kukundikana kwechiuto, Yakovlev akapomera Gorbachev kuti akanga asina ruzivo mukuunza vanoronga kupinda mudenderedzwa rake remukati, achiti Gorbachev ane mhosva yekuumba boka revatengesi. Nei akazvipoteredza navanhu vanokwanisa kunyengera? 