Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich (1914–84) Soviet statesman, president of the Soviet Union (1983–84), general secretary of the Communist Party (1982–84). Andropov first gained attention for his role in the suppression of the Hungarian Uprising (1956). As head of the
KGB (1967–82), Andropov took a hardline against political dissidence, supporting Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia (1968) and Poland (1981). He joined the Politburo in 1973. Andropov succeeded Leonid
Brezhnev as leader. His term in office was the shortest in Soviet history. Perhaps his most significant decision was the promotion of Mikhail
Gorbachev. He was succeeded by Konstantin Chernenko.
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KGB link adds to author's intrigue // Russian novelist traffics in mysteries
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/13/1987; ; 700+ words
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/9/1999; 480 words
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Magazine article from: New Internationalist; 3/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...November 2001. When Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin first rose to prominence...him, he's right. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was born in St Petersburg...installed a plaque commemorating Yuri Andropov, Soviet General Secretary from...
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Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
ANDROPOV, YURI VLADIMIROVICH (1914 – 1984), general...Union (1982 – 1984). Yuri Andropov was born on June 15, 1914, in the...encouraging the invasion. In 1957 Andropov returned to Moscow to become head...
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Andropov, Yuri (Vladimirovich)
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Andropov, Yuri (Vladimirovich) (1914–84) Soviet statesman, General Secretary...chairman of the KGB in 1967; its suppression of dissidents enhanced Andropov's standing within the Communist Party, and he gained the presidency...
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Presidium of Supreme Soviet
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...Brezhnev 1977-1982 Iurii V. Andropov 1983-1984 Konstantin U. Chernenko...1965 – 1977), Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (1983 – 1984...the USSR (followed in this by Andropov, Chernenko, and Gorbachev...
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Nazarbayev, Nursultan Abishevich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...patrons as the Kazakh Party's powerful first secretary Dinmukhammed Kunayev and Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov and Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov in Moscow ensured his election as a secretary of the Kazakh Central Committee in 1979, to the Soviet Party...
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