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Alexander Yakovlev, an architect of Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika reforms that shook the last years of the Soviet Union, seen in this November, 1993 photo. Alexander Yakovlev has died, a foundation he headed said Tuesday. He was 81. Yakovlev, who joined the Soviet Communist Party's ruling Politburo in the mid-1980s, spearheaded Gorbachev's drive to encourage openness and press freedom and played a key role in efforts to liberalize society and expose past crimes of the Soviet regime. (AP Photo)

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NOVEMBER 1993 FILE PHOTO Minimum price 50PLN

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created date 1993-11-01

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source Associated Press

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