1997) Great Officers Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (Lithuania) Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Three Stars (Latvia) Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (Estonia) Collar of the Order of the Liberator (Venezuela) Publications Alexander N. Yakovlev and Abel G. Aganbegyan, Perestroika, 1989, Scribner (1989), trade paperback, Alexander Yakovlev, USSR the Decisive Years, First Glance Books (1991), hardcover, Alexander Yakovlev, translated by Catherine A. Fitzpatrick, The Fate of Marxism in Russia, Yale University Press (1993), hardcover, ; trade paperback, Lightning Source, UK, Ltd. (17 November 2004) Alexander N. Yakovlev, foreword by Paul Hollander, translated by Anthony Austin, Century of Violence in Soviet Russia, Yale University Press (2002), hardcover, 254 pages, ; trade paperback, Yale University Press (2002), 272 pages, A. N. Yakovlev, Горькая чаша (Bitter Cup), Yaroslavl, 1994. A. N. Yakovlev, Сумерки (Time of Darkness - lit. "Dusk"), Moscow, 2003, 688 pages, Alexander N. Yakovlev, Digging Out: How Russia Liberated Itself from the Soviet Union, Encounter Books (December 1, 2004), hardcover, 375 pages, See also Joseph S. Nye, Jr., former dean of Harvard Kennedy School considers Yakovlev's story a prime example of the importance of soft power in resolving international conflicts, such as, in Yakovlev's case, the Cold War. References Further reading Christopher Shulgan, The Soviet Ambassador: The Making of the Radical Behind Perestroika, McClelland and Stewart (June 10, 2008), Hardcover, (0-7710-7996-6), 288 pages. Richard Pipes, Alexander Yakovlev: The Man Whose Ideas Delivered Russia from Communism, NIU Press, 2017, 151 pages. Alexander Ostrovsky, Кто поставил Горбачёва? (Who put Gorbachev?) — М.: Алгоритм-Эксмо, 2010. — 544 с. ISBN 978-5-699-40627-2. Alexander Ostrovsky, Глупость или измена? Расследование гибели СССР. (Stupidity or treason? Investigation of the death of the USSR) М.: Форум, Крымский мост-9Д, 2011. — 864 с. ISBN 978-5-89747-068-6. External links http://www.alexanderyakovlev.org Alexander Yakovlev foundation website http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/Elberg/Yakovlev/yak-con0.html Interview with Alexander Yakovlev http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/Elberg/Yakovlev/yak-elb1.html Full text of a 1993 lecture by Yakovlev http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/19/international/europe/19yakovlev.html Obituary in The New York Times http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4353766.stm BBC: Perestroika architect dies at 81 https://www.theguardian.com/russia/article/0,2763,1595945,00.html Alexander Yakovlev Interview with Christopher Shulgan, author of The Soviet Ambassador, June 29, 2008 http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20080630a.html Audio interview with Christopher Shulgan re: The Soviet Ambassador, June 2008 1923 births 2005 deaths People from Yaroslavsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast Politburo of the Central Committee of the