Andropov
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Yuri 1914–84, Russian politician: general secretary of the Communist Party 1982–84.
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a former name (1984–90) of Rybinsk.
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Brezhnev died in 1982, and relations withered under successors Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko, who were in ill health and died after less than 15 months in office.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
Andropov died on Feb. 9, 1984, aged 69, after 15 months in office.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2022
Gorbachev had been expected to succeed Andropov when the latter died in 1984 but instead the ailing Konstantin Chernenko became general secretary.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2022
His star rose further thanks to an early acquaintance with Politburo member Yuri V. Andropov, the KGB director and future Soviet leader who spent his vacations in the Stavropol region.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
“My name is Sergei Andropov, and I am captain of peculiar resistance army. Come, I will show you around.”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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