Alexander Yakovlev, who advised Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on glasnost and perestroika, was buried this week. After the Soviet Union collapsed he devoted himself to documenting Soviet repression.

In his book A Century of Violence in Soviet Russia, published in English in 2002, Alexander Yakovlev set about exposing the whole Leninist/Stalinist "experiment" as a crime against humanity. As a ...

The buxom, pretty matron spoke up very clearly in the quiet Manhattan federal courtroom. Calmly, Mrs. David Greenglass, mother of two small children, told court and jury some of the incidents of her ...

The year 1942 represented the beginning of the end for the German Army in Europe. With supply lines extended beyond their limits, and a leadership that had to blindly follow Hitler’s at times erratic ...

Aircraft For Sale's "Today's Top Pick" is a 1986 Yakovlev Yak-52, highlighted for its unique Cold War-era origins and ability to attract attention at fly-ins. The Yak-52 is presented as a practical ...

A month after taking the California bar exam in 2010, Alana Yakovlev took the case of an indigent Jewish man facing felony charges whom she had heard of through her network of friends and family in ...

Developed in the 1980s, the Yakovlev Yak-141 was the Soviet Union’s answer to the Harrier, a supersonic vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter designed for carrier operations. Equipped with a ...

Russian airframer Irkut has formally changed its corporate name to Yakovlev, following approval of the decision at a general meeting of shareholders. The company, part of the United Aircraft aerospace ...

There was terrible turmoil in the skies of the planet during the Second World War. For the first time in history, humans had the capability to fight against each other in the sky, in never-before-seen ...

Alexander Yakovlev, who has died aged 81, was one of the main proponents of perestroika, the restructuring of the Soviet Union which took place so spectacularly during the 1980s. With his bushy ...