Yuri Andropov

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Yuri Andropov was a Soviet politician and former KGB chief who briefly led the USSR in the early 1980s during a period of political stagnation and Cold War tensions.

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Andropov 1
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet politician
head of state
human
intelligence officer
awardReceived Hero of Socialist Labour
Order of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Red Star
burialPlace Kremlin Wall Necropolis
causeOfDeath complications of diabetes
kidney failure
countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
dateOfBirth 1914-06-15
dateOfDeath 1984-02-09
ethnicGroup Russian
familyName Yuri Andropov self-linksurface differs
surface form: Andropov
fullName Yuri Andropov self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov
givenName Yuri
ideology Marxism–Leninism
kgbChairmanEndTime 1982-05-26
kgbChairmanStartTime 1967-05-18
knownFor leadership of the Soviet Union during early 1980s
long tenure as head of the KGB
memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
militaryRank Army General
nativeLanguage Russian
notableWork anti-corruption campaign within the CPSU
expanded KGB internal surveillance apparatus
initiated limited economic reforms in the early 1980s
oversaw suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
numberOfChildren 2
officeEndTime 1984-02-09
officeHeld General Secretary of the Communist Party
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
officeStartTime 1982-11-12
participatedIn Cold War
suppression of the Prague Spring
patronymicName Vladimirovich
placeOfBirth Nagaybakskiy District, Chuvashia, Russian Empire
placeOfDeath Moscow
surface form: Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
positionHeld Chairman of the KGB
First Secretary of the Komsomol of the Karelo-Finnish SSR
General Secretary of the Communist Party
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

ambassador of the Soviet Union to Hungary
member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
religion atheism
sexOrGender male
spouse Tatyana Andropova
workLocation Moscow

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Yuri Andropov familyName Yuri Andropov self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Andropov
Yuri Andropov fullName Yuri Andropov self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov
Yuri hasNotableBearer Yuri Andropov
Kremlin Wall Necropolis notableBurial Yuri Andropov
Soviet–Afghan War notableCommander Yuri Andropov
subject surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Konstantin Chernenko precededBy Yuri Andropov
Nikolai Tikhonov servedUnder Yuri Andropov
Leonid Brezhnev successor Yuri Andropov