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Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (15 June [O.S. 2 June] 1914 – 9 February 1984) was a Soviet politician who was the sixth leader of the Soviet Union and the fourth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, taking office in late 1982 and serving until his death in 1984.
Jun 11, 2024 · Yury Andropov (born June 15 [June 2, Old Style], 1914, Nagutskoye, Russia—died February 9, 1984, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was the head of the Soviet Union ’s KGB (State Security Committee) from 1967 to 1982 and his country’s leader as general secretary of the Communist Party ’s Central Committee from November 1982 until his death 15 ...
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (Russian: Ю́рий Влади́мирович Андро́пов) (O.S. June 2) (June 15, 1914 – February 9, 1984) was a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the Communist Party from November 12, 1982, until his death just 16 months later. Andropov, effectively ...
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Андропов; 15 June 1914 – 9 February 1984) was a Soviet politician who briefly served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1982 until his death in 1984.
Yuri Andropov (1914-1984) was a former diplomat and KGB chief who became Soviet leader in late 1982, after the death of Leonid Brezhnev. Andropov was born in southern Russia, the son of a railway bureaucrat.
ANDROPOV, YURI (1914–1984) BIBLIOGRAPHY. Leader of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1984. Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov has entered history for three main reasons.
On Nov. 12, 1982, two days after the death of President Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov was elected the new leader of the Soviet Union. Far less was known about Andropov than about the five men who led the country before him.
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov was a Soviet politician who was the sixth leader of the Soviet Union and the fourth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, taking office in late 1982 and serving until his death in 1984.
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (1914—1984) Soviet statesman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR 1982–4 and President 1983–4
Whatever the experience of his predecessors, Yuri Andropov has succeeded in shifting the secret police chiefs office almost directly into the inner sanc tum of the Soviet party boss.
