Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Gennady Yanayev

Born: August 26, 1937
Died: September 24, 2010 (aged 73)
Bio: Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev was a Soviet politician and statesman whose career spanned the rules of Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko, and culminated during the Gorbachev years. Yanayev was born in Perevoz, Gorky Oblast.