Juri Wladimirowitsch Andropow (1914-1984)


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Name (English): Juri Wladimirowitsch Andropow
Short name: Yuri Andropov
Year of birth: 1914
Year of death: 1984
Short Description: "Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (/ænˈdroʊpɔːf, -pɒf/; Russian: Юрий Владимирович Андропов, tr. Yuriy Vladimirovich Andropov, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ɐnˈdropəf]; 15 June [O.S. 2 June] 1914 – 9 February 1984) was the sixth paramount leader of the Soviet Union and the fourth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Following the 18-year rule of Leonid Brezhnev, Andropov served in the post from November 1982 until his death in February 1984.

Earlier in his career, Andropov served as the Soviet ambassador to Hungary from 1954 to 1957, during which time he was involved in the suppression of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. He was named Chairman of the KGB on 10 May 1967. In this position, he oversaw a massive crackdown on dissent carried out via mass arrests and the involuntary psychiatric commitment of people deemed "socially undesirable".[citation needed] After Brezhnev suffered a stroke in 1975 impairing his ability to govern, Andropov effectively dictated Soviet policymaking alongside Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and the successive Defense Ministers, Andrei Grechko and Dmitriy Ustinov, for the rest of Brezhnev’s rule." - (en.wikipedia.org 02.01.2021)
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[Last update: 2021/01/02]