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
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
In the steam baths of local sanatoriums, Andropov and Gorbachev shared their fear that if reforms were not executed in the Soviet Union the economy was destined for disaster.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2022
But Andropov died in 1984, after only 15 months in office.
From Washington Post • 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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