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Andrei Zhdanov

1896 - 1948

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Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov (Russian: Андрей Александрович Жданов, IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ˈʐdanəf] ; 26 February [O.S. 14 February] 1896 – 31 August 1948) was a Soviet politician. He was the Soviet Union's "propagandist-in-chief" after the Second World War, and was responsible for developing the Soviet cultural policy, the Zhdanov Doctrine, which remained in effect until the death of Joseph Stalin. Zhdanov was considered Stalin's most likely successor but died before him. Zhdanov joined the Bolsheviks in 1915 and quickly rose through the party ranks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrei Zhdanov is the 1,470th most popular politician (down from 1,365th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 52nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Andrei Zhdanov was a Soviet politician and the head of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. He was most famous for being the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Karelo-Finnish SSR and the Leningrad Oblast.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andrei Zhdanov ranks 1,470 out of 19,576. Before him are Yeonsangun of Joseon, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Herennius Etruscus, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Nabonidus, and Olaf I of Denmark. After him are Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Manuel II of Portugal, Aristides, Lucius Aelius, Louis II of Italy, and Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Andrei Zhdanov ranks 18. Before him are Gerty Cori, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Robert S. Mulliken, Klement Gottwald, and Trygve Lie. After him are Paula Hitler, Milena Jesenská, Carl Ferdinand Cori, Felix Steiner, Dziga Vertov, and Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Among people deceased in 1948, Andrei Zhdanov ranks 15. Before him are Franz Lehár, Osamu Dazai, Edith Roosevelt, Walther von Brauchitsch, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, and Antonin Artaud. After him are Hugo Boss, Witold Pilecki, Tamam Shud case, Nikolai Berdyaev, Karl Brandt, and Theodor Morell.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Andrei Zhdanov ranks 51 out of 1,365. Before him are Igor Sikorsky (1889), George Gamow (1904), Joseph Roth (1894), Semyon Timoshenko (1895), Vladimir II Monomakh (1053), and Stanislaw Ulam (1909). After him are Vladimir Horowitz (1903), Sergei Korolev (1906), Andrei Chikatilo (1936), Sholem Aleichem (1859), Moshe Sharett (1894), and Sviatoslav Richter (1915).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Andrei Zhdanov ranks 22. Before him are Kliment Voroshilov (1881), Sviatoslav I of Kiev (942), Petro Poroshenko (1965), Grigory Zinoviev (1883), Symon Petliura (1879), and Vladimir II Monomakh (1053). After him are Moshe Sharett (1894), Levi Eshkol (1895), Lazar Kaganovich (1893), Yuri Dolgorukiy (1095), Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860), and Rodion Malinovsky (1898).

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