Editing Alexander Yakovlev (section)

=== World War II service ===
Yakovlev graduated from secondary school days before [[Operation Barbarossa|Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union]]. He was drafted into the [[Soviet Navy]] in November 1941, with brief training, and became part of the {{Ill|Marine Corps of the Soviet Union|lt=Soviet Marine Corps|ru|Морская пехота СССР}}. He served as a platoon commander of the {{Ill|6th Marine Brigade of the Baltic Fleet|ru|6-я бригада морской пехоты Балтийского флота}}, on the [[Volkhov Front]] during the [[Siege of Leningrad]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Yakovlev |first=Aleksandr |title=Кто есть кто в мировой политике |publisher=Politizdat |year=1990 |isbn=5250005136 |pages=550 |language=ru |trans-title=Who's Who in World Politics}}</ref> On 6 August 1942, he was leading 30 [[Chuvash people|Chuvash]] soldiers and was ordered to charge German positions in Vinyagolovo near [[Leningrad]] and was badly wounded.<ref name=":1" /> He was hospitalised until February 1943, and was subsequently demobilised.<ref name=":0" /> He became a member of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] in 1944. At this time he regarded the Communist Party as "life's truth", and affirmed he was totally loyal and faithful to Soviet Union, and he was an ardent admirer of [[Joseph Stalin]].