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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 fundamental idea of the anti-Zionist manifesto was that potential Jewish emigrants from the Soviet Union were to be considered enemies of the Soviet Union. The anti-Zionist manifesto was signed by 8 anti-Zionist Jews: David Abramovich Dragunsky, Colonel-General, twice the Hero of the Soviet Union; Samuel Zivs, law professor; Genrikh Gofman
In January 1982, Yuri Andropov revealed to Suslov that Semyon Tsvigun, the First Deputy Chairman of the KGB, had shielded Galina and Yuri, Brezhnev's children, from corruption investigations. When these facts were revealed to him, Suslov challenged Tsvigun to make a statement on the matter.
Yuri Andropov headed the campaign in the 1970s when it began to rise. This new persecution was following upon the 1975 amendments to the 1929 anti-religious legislation and the 25th party congress . The Central Committee resolution in 1979 would play a key role in this period as well.
Jewish emigration from USSR, before and after the First Leningrad Trial. In August 1974, Sylva Zalmanson was released as part of an Israeli secret Soviet prisoner exchange with the spy Yuri Linov [11] that took place in Berlin, after which she immigrated to Israel, arriving in September. In the following years she advocated for the release of ...
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
Article 25 of the Charter remained unchanged under the successive leadership of Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Chernenko and Mikhail Gorbachev. [24] Between 1919 and 1990, 42 members who served as candidate members were not promoted to full member status of the Politburo. [25] Similarly, 32 full members of the Politburo never served as candidate ...