Yuriy Yakovlev was born on June 26, 1922 in Petrograd, RSFSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. He was a writer, known for
Vsyudu yest nebo (1968),
Stariki-razboyniki (1972) and
Ploshchad Vosstaniya (1986). He died on December 29, 1995 in Moscow, Russia.