Career
He is not to be confused with Wassily Ewgrafowitsch Jakowlew (1839–1908) also an entomologist who lived in Saint St. Petersburg. Jakovlev was of German origin. He lived in Saint St. Petersburg.
He was primarily intested in Coleoptera.
He wrote:-
Jakovlev, Artificial Intelligence Dytiscides noueaux on peu connus I. Horae Societitas Entomologicae Rossicae 30:175-183 (1896). Dytiscides nouveaux on peu connus.
II Horae Societitas Entomologicae Rossicae32:504–509 (1898,1899). Dytiscidarum novarum diagnoses L’Abeille.29:37-41.
