Yuri Andropov

Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (????? ????????????? ?????????), (June 2 (O.S.) = June 15 (N.S.), 1914 – February 9, 1984) was a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the CPSU from November 12, 1982 until his death just sixteen months later.

Early life

Andropov was the son of a railway official and was probably born in Nagutskoye, Stavropol Guberniya, Imperial Russia. He was briefly educated at the Rybinsk Water Transport Technical College before he joined Komsomol in 1930. He graduated to the full party in 1939 and was first secretary of the Komsomol in the Soviet Karelo-Finnish Republic from 1940 to 1944. During World War II, Andropov took part in partisan guerrilla activities. After the war, he moved to Moscow in 1951 and joined the party secretariat.

Related Topics:
Stavropol - Guberniya - Imperial Russia - Komsomol - 1930 - 1939 - 1940 - 1944 - World War II - 1951

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