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The Soviet system and its evolution, an analysis of the criminal methods of the leadership of the CPSU, which led to the political and economic collapse of the USSR, the author is a former member of the Politburo. Academician Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev (1923-2005) is a well-known public and political figure, historian and diplomat. In the era of perestroika (1985-1991), he became one of the leaders in the process of reforming the country on the principles of human freedom and civil society. His book is not just a memoir of the past, it is a deep study of the Soviet socio-political system and its evolution, an analysis of the criminal methods of governing the country by the leadership of the CPSU, which led to the political and economic collapse of the Leninist-Stalinist regime. The book examines in detail the origins, contradictions and difficulties of the first "velvet revolution" in the space of socialist-oriented countries, which was called Perestroika. The author's reflections are accompanied by documents that until recently were classified.