Andropov
Sovjetski komunistički političar, predsednik SSSR-a 1983-1984.
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Andropov
IPA: / ændrɑːpɑːv /(1914-1984) Soviet communist politician, president of the USSR 198384. As chief of the KGB 196782, he established a reputation for efficiently suppressing dissent.
Andropov was politically active from the 1930s. His part in quelling the Hungarian national uprising 1956, when he was Soviet ambassador, brought him into the Communist Party secretariat 1962 as a specialist on East European affairs. He became a member of the Politburo 1973 and succeeded Brezhnev as party general secretary 1982. Elected president 1983, he instituted economic reforms.