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Alexander Yakovlev, an Uncommon card
Alexander Nikolayevich Yakovlev was a Soviet and Russian politician, diplomat, and historian.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 129
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 24,000
Power 129 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Alexander Yakovlev quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alexander Yakovlev card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
During the rule of Nikita Khrushchev, he became a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, before resigning to study abroad as part of the Fulbright Programme, returning in ____.
Answer
1960s. During the rule of Nikita Khrushchev, he became a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, before resigning to study abroad as part of the Fulbright Programme, returning in 1960. From the Alexander Yakovlev article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lorin Maazel. Lorin Maazel 75 · Alexander Yakovlev 71 · Samuel Langley 68 · Owen Garriott 65 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A member of the Politburo and Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union throughout the 1980s, he was termed the "godfather of glasnost", and was the intellectual force behind Mikhail Gorbachev's reform programme of glasnost and perestroika.
- Born into a rural family, Yakovlev served as a platoon commander of a marine brigade during World War II, and became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union following the war.
- During the rule of Nikita Khrushchev, he became a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, before resigning to study abroad as part of the Fulbright Programme, returning in 1960.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alexander Yakovlev article was read about 24,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Alexander Yakovlev
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alexander Yakovlev (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nick Parfjonov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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