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By December 1977, at the celebration of sixty years since the Soviet secret police were first formed only weeks after the Bolshevik Revolution, Yuri Andropov could point with considerable pride to the quality and achievements of his new KGB, brought about over a decade of his directorship.
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. He was raised in a middle-class family but was orphaned young, so was forced to seek work.
Nov 13, 2009 · November | 12. Following the death of long-time Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev two days earlier, Yuri Andropov is selected as the new general secretary of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union...
From oppressing the uprising in Hungary to anti-corruption crusades and attempts to save the Soviet economy – Yuri Andropov (1914 – 1984) led an interesting life.
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 1982 and serving until his death in 1984. Quick Facts General Secretary of the Communist Party of the ...
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BIBLIOGRAPHY. Leader of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1984. Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov has entered history for three main reasons. The first concerns his duplicitous behavior as Soviet ambassador to Hungary during the uprising of 1956; the second his role in modernizing the Committee for State Security (KGB); and the third is associated with ...
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.
