Yegor sensed the generational shift personally and acutely because it occurred within his own family. His son Vladimir Yakovlev was the founding editor of Kommersant, the first and most formative newspaper of the nascent capitalist era, which became the manifesto of the “sons’” generation. A true journalist, fond of an effective ending, Yegor marked the signing-off of his last issue of Moskovskie novosti in 1991 by interviewing his own son.
