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About Gennady Yanayev
Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev was a Russian politician and disputed President of the Soviet Union for three days during the August 1991 coup d'état attempt. He was ultimately arrested for his role in the coup and later pardoned. He spent the rest of his life working in the Russian tourism administration until his death on 24 September 2010.
Everything about Gennady Yanayev →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- President of the Soviet Union, Q97659662, Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Russia
- Born
- August 26, 1937
- Died
- September 24, 2010