{{short description|Russian essayist and Orthodox priest}}{{BLP sources|date=April 2026}}thumb|Picture of Yakov Krotov taken on 30 December 2025
'''Yakov Krotov''' (born 31 May 1957) is a Russian author and historian.
From 1977 to 1989, he worked as a librarian and archivist. Since 1990 he has been a freelance author. He writes about history, Christianity, promotes values of tolerance, religious liberty and peace-making. He published five books in Russian.
In 1994, he lectured in the United States on the Russian Orthodoxy as a Bradley Visiting Scholar.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}
As of 2008, Krotov was the host of a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Russian Service program on religion.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Siskova |first=Anna |date=30 June 2008 |title=Russian Orthodox Church Sets Tone On Human Rights |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/Russian_Orthodox_Church_Sets_Tone_Human_Rights/1181014.html |access-date=2026-04-01 |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty}}</ref>
From 6 to 8 October 2013, Yakov Krotov took part in the Twentieth Annual International Law and Religion Symposium. The symposium was organised by Brigham Young University in Provo, and was devoted to the theme “Religion and Human Rights.”<ref>{{cite web |title=20th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium |url=https://www.iclrs.org/annual-international-law-and-religion-symposium/symposium-2013/ |website=International Center for Law and Religion Studies |access-date=23 May 2026}}</ref>
He is married and has two sons.
==Publications== *[http://en.novayagazeta.ru/data/2007/68/01.html Sermon by priest Yakov Krotov] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055725/http://en.novayagazeta.ru/data/2007/68/01.html |date=2011-07-16 }} *[https://www.eastwestreport.org/articles/ew07309.htm Fr. Aleksandr Men: Christian Priest and Apologist] East-West Church Ministry Report, Vol. 7, No. 3, Summer 1999, Covering the Former Soviet Union and East Central Europe
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2. Link to the website: https://yakovkrotov.com/