Profession: Soviet General Secretary
Biography: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from November 12, 1982 until his death fifteen months later in 1984.
Born: June 15, 1914
Birthplace: Nagutskaya, Stavropol Region, Russian Empire
Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Tiger
Star Sign: Gemini
Died: February 9, 1984 (aged 69)
Cause of Death: Total renal failure
Historical Events
- 1982-11-12 KGB Chief Yuri Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union
- 1983-04-25 Yuri Andropov invites US schoolgirl Samantha Smith to the Soviet Union
- 1983-05-03 Soviet leader Yuri Andropov decreases nuclear weapons in Europe
- 1983-06-16 General Secretary Yuri Andropov appointed President of the Soviet Union
- 1984-02-13 Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as leader of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Konstantin Chernenko
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin