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Architect amidst the Ruins
Open letter by Gennady Zyuganov to Alexander Yakovlev
Architect amidst the Ruins (Russian: Архитектор у развалин, other versions: Архитектор развалин - 'The Architect of the Ruins', Архитектору развалины - 'To the Architect of the Ruins') was an open letter by Gennady Zyuganov, then a relatively little known party functionary who later became the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, to Alexander Yakovlev, the ideological founder of perestroika who was also known as the "architect of perestroika".