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Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov [a] (15 June [O.S. 2 June] 1914 – 9 February 1984) [2] 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 late 1982 and serving until his death in 1984.
Yuri Andropov (1914–1984) 18 May 1967 26 May 1982 15 years, 8 days Alexei Kosygin (1964–1980) Nikolai Tikhonov (1980–1985) 16 Vitaly Fedorchuk (1918–2008) 26 May 1982 17 December 1982 205 days Nikolai Tikhonov (1980–1985) 17 Viktor Chebrikov (1923–1999) 17 December 1982 1 October 1988 5 years, 289 days Nikolai Tikhonov (1980–1985)
The Academy of Foreign Intelligence (alternatively known as the SVR Academy, [1] previously known as the Yuri Andropov Red Banner Institute and the Red Banner Institute) [2] is one of the primary espionage academies of Russia, and previously the Soviet Union, serving the KGB and its successor organization, the Foreign Intelligence Service.
Yuri Andropov (aged 68 at the time) succeeded Brezhnev in his post as general secretary in 1982. In 1983, Andropov was hospitalized and rarely met up at work to chair the politburo meetings due to his declining health. Nikolai Tikhonov usually chaired the meetings in his place. [27]
Yuri Andropov (1914–1984) [44] 12 November 1982 9 February 1984 † 1 year, 89 days He emerged as Brezhnev's most likely successor as the chairman of the committee in charge of managing Brezhnev's funeral. [45] Andropov ruled the country in the same way Brezhnev had before he died. [27] Konstantin Chernenko (1911–1985) [43] 13 February 1984
Yuri Andropov, Brezhnev's eventual successor as general secretary, was chairman of the committee in charge of managing Brezhnev's funeral, held on 15 November 1982, five days after his death. The funeral was attended by forty‑seven heads and deputy heads of state, twenty‑three heads and deputy heads of government, forty heads of foreign ...
Collective leadership continued under Yuri Andropov (General Secretary from 1982 to 1984) and Konstantin Chernenko (General Secretary from 1984 to 1985). Mikhail Gorbachev 's reforms espoused open discussion from about 1986, leading to members of the leadership openly disagreeing on how little or how much reform was needed to rejuvenate the ...
Yuri V. Andropov succeeded Leonid Brezhnev as Soviet leader. His leadership was short lived, however, due to his ailing health; he was only the Soviet Union's leader for 15 months. From November 1982 to February 1984. Andropov quickly fell ill in February 1983, and his health deteriorated to the point he began staying in a hospital frequently.