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Yuri Andropov

1914 - 1984

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Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (15 June [O.S. 2 June] 1914 – 9 February 1984) was a Soviet politician who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from late 1982 until his death in 1984. He previously served as the Chairman of the KGB from 1967 until 1982. Earlier in his career, Andropov served as the Soviet ambassador to Hungary from 1954 to 1957. During this period, he took part in the suppression of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yuri Andropov is the 244th most popular politician (down from 228th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Russia (up from 30th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Politician.

Yuri Andropov was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 12 November 1982 to 9 February 1984. He is most famous for his anti-alcohol campaign, which was an attempt to combat alcoholism in the Soviet Union.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yuri Andropov ranks 244 out of 19,576. Before him are Möngke Khan, Henry III of France, Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, Clovis I, William Ewart Gladstone, and Louis IX of France. After him are Gamal Abdel Nasser, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Vallabhbhai Patel, Emperor Meiji, Bashar al-Assad, and Harun al-Rashid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Yuri Andropov ranks 1. After him are Louis de Funès, Raymond Davis Jr., Hedy Lamarr, Tove Jansson, Alan Hodgkin, Thor Heyerdahl, Mohammed Zahir Shah, Tyrone Power, Tenzing Norgay, Marguerite Duras, and Julio Cortázar. Among people deceased in 1984, Yuri Andropov ranks 3. Before him are Indira Gandhi, and Michel Foucault. After him are Richard Burton, Marvin Gaye, Paul Dirac, François Truffaut, Truman Capote, James Mason, Alfred Kastler, Tigran Petrosian, and Mohamed Naguib.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yuri Andropov ranks 25 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Pushkin (1799), Wassily Kandinsky (1866), Ayn Rand (1905), Ivan Pavlov (1849), Maxim Gorky (1868), and Lev Yashin (1929). After him are Mikhail Bakunin (1814), Alexander II of Russia (1818), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906), Isaac Asimov (1920), Vasily Zaitsev (1915), and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Yuri Andropov ranks 10. Before him are Mikhail Gorbachev (1931), Kim Jong-il (1941), Peter the Great (1672), Nikita Khrushchev (1894), Ivan the Terrible (1530), and Boris Yeltsin (1931). After him are Alexander II of Russia (1818), Alexander III of Russia (1845), Konstantin Chernenko (1911), Georgy Zhukov (1896), Nicholas I of Russia (1796), and Alexander I of Russia (1777).

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