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An·dro·pov

(ăn-drŏp′ôf), Yuri 1914-1984.

Soviet politician who was general secretary of the Communist Party from 1982 to 1984.

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Andropov

(ænˈdrɒpɒv; Russian ənˈdrɔːpəf)

(Placename) a former name (1984–91) for Rybinsk

Andropov

(ænˈdrɒpɒv; Russian ənˈdrɔːpəf)

(Biography) Yuri Vladimirovich. 1914–84, Soviet statesman; president of the Soviet Union (1983–84)

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An•dro•pov

(ænˈdroʊ pɔf, -pɒf)
n.

a city in the W Russian Federation, NE of Moscow, on the Volga. 254,000. Formerly, Rybinsk (1958–84), Shcherbakov (1946–57).

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Hitherto, researchers have agreed and available documents have proved that a "troika" consisting of Defense Minister Dmitrii Ustinov, KGB Head Iurii Andropov, and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko made this decision, while Brezhnev was too ill to participate.

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Perhaps the most farcical instance of this phenomenon was witnessed in the Soviet Union in the first half of the 1980s, when Leonid Brezhnev, barely alive in the final phase of his leadership, was succeeded by an ailing Yuri Andropov, who lasted about 15 months, whereupon Konstantin Chernenko was virtually dragged out of his deathbed and propped up in the red chair.

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