Editing Gennady Yanayev (section)

{{Villain_Infobox
|fullname = Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev
|alias = 
|origin = Perevoz, Gorky Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
|occupation = Vice-President of the Soviet Union (1990-1991)<br>Acting President of the Soviet Union (August 19<sup>th</sup> - August 21<sup>st</sup> 1991)
|type of villain = Corrupt Official
|goals = Depose Mikhail Gorbachev<br>Take over leadership of the Communist Party<br>Prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union (all failed)
|crimes = Treason<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Americophobia]]<br>[[Anglophobia]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]
|hobby = |image=Gennady_Yanayev.jpg}}
<strong>Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev</strong> (August 26<sup>th</sup>, 1937 - September 24<sup>th</sup>, 2010), the first and only Vice-President of the Soviet Union, was one of eight hardline Communist Party members, who, on August 19<sup>th</sup>, 1991, tried to oust Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and take over the government in an attempted coup d'etat.

Yanayev grew up in Gorky Oblast (now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast), where he studied agriculture and law. He joined the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) in his 20s and worked with the Komsomol youth organization before becoming head of the Central Council of Trade Unions. He was later named Politburo secretary in charge of foreign policy, and in December 1990, he unexpectedly received Gorbachev’s support as a compromise choice for the new post of Vice-President. Yanayev was one of those arrested after the abortive three-day coup failed and was convicted of high treason. He was granted amnesty, however, by the Russian legislature in 1994 and released from prison.