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	Yuri Andropov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (Ю́рий Влади́мирович Андро́пов), (June 2 (O.S) = June 15 (N.S), 1914 - February 9, 1984) was a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the CPSU from November 12, 1982 until his death.
		Following Stalin's death in March 1953, Andropov was demoted and "exiled" to the Soviet Embassy in Budapest by Georgy Malenkov.
		Andropov returned to Moscow to head the Department for Liaison with Socialist Countries (1957-1967) and was promoted to the Central Committee Secretariat in 1962, succeeding Mikhail Suslov, and in 1967 he was appointed head of the KGB.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/y/yu/yuri_andropov.html (525 words)

	Yuri Andropov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (Ю́рий Влади́мирович Андро́пов), (June 2 (O.S. June 15 (N.S. February 9, 1984) was a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the CPSU from November 12, 1982 until his death.
		Following Stalin 's death in March 1953, Andropov was demoted and "exiled" to the Soviet Embassy in Budapest by Georgy Malenkov.
		Andropov returned to Moscow to head the Department for Liaison with Socialist Countries (1957 - 1967) and was promoted to the Central Committee Secretariat in 1962, succeeding Mikhail Suslov, and in 1967 hewas appointed head of the KGB.
	www.therfcc.org /yuri-andropov-35763.html (511 words)

	Yuri Andropov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Andropov was the son of a railway official and was probably born in Nagutskoye, Stavropol Guberniya, Imperial Russia.
		Andropov's rule was also marked by the deterioration of relations with the United States.
		Andropov died of kidney failure on February 9, 1984, after several months of failing health, and was succeeded by Konstantin Chernenko.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yuri_Andropov (837 words)

	CNN Cold War - Profile: Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov
		Following Stalin's death (March 1953) Andropov was demoted to Budapest as a counselor in the Soviet Embassy (1953) but promoted to ambassador to Hungary in 1954.
		Andropov cabled a request for Soviet military assistance to Moscow from Erno Gero, first secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party.
		Andropov returned to Moscow to head the newly created Central Committee Department for Liaison with Socialist Countries (1957-1967), was elevated to the Central Committee Secretariat (1962) and was appointed head of the KGB in May 1967.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/andropov (454 words)

	Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In May, 1982, he resigned his KGB post; he succeeded Leonid Brezhnev as general secretary of the Communist Party on Brezhnev’s death in Nov., 1982.
		Andropov died of kidney disease in Feb., 1984, after a tenure of only 15 months.
		Although he was a hardliner, Andropov was responsible for the rise to power of a group of younger, more liberal officials, including Mikhail Gorbachev.
	www.bartleby.com /65/an/Andropov.html (244 words)

	YURI ANDROPOV
		A seguito della morte di Stalin, nel marzo 1953, Andropov venne degradato ed "esiliato" nell'ambasciata sovietica di Budapest da Georgy Malenkov.
		Andropov tornò a Mosca per guidare il Dipartimento per le Relazioni con le Nazioni Socialiste (1957-1967) e venne promosso al segretariato del Comitato Centrale nel 1962, succedendo a Mikhail Suslov.
		Nel 1973 Andropov divenne un membro a tutti gli effetti del Politburo, anche se non si dimise da capo del KGB fino al 1982.
	www.24pm-affiliation.com /encyclopedia/Y/Yuri_Andropov (466 words)

	A bit of stuff on Yuri Andropov...
		Andropov might have been the head of the KGB but he was not entirely free in the running of the KGB: the spy-master was also being spied upon, not least by Brezhnev's people.
		Andropov seems to have grasped the importance of the media and again his position at the top of the KGB was useful.
		Andropov even used the media to help his clients out, e.g., first secretary Gorbachev's counterpart and neighbor Medunov (who happened to be Brezhnev's man) in Krasnodarsky Territory had his name on newspapers next to corruption charges.
	www.geocities.com /theodore_chernenko/Andropov.html (2629 words)

	Yuri Andropov -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Andropov was the son of a railway official and was probably born in Nagutskoye, (Click link for more info and facts about Stavropol) Stavropol (Click link for more info and facts about Guberniya) Guberniya, (Click link for more info and facts about Imperial Russia) Imperial Russia.
		In 1973 Andropov became a full member of the (The chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party) Politburo, although he did not resign as head of the KGB until 1982.
		Andropov's rule was also marked by the deterioration of relations with the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/y/yu/yuri_andropov.htm (1003 words)

	In Stalin's Footsteps Yuri Andropov: Rise of a Dictator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Andropov, head of the KGB until June 1982, was given little chance, because (according to these Kremlinolo-gists) other Politburo members would not, could not support the idea of turning so much power over to the recent head of the feared KGB.
		For Andropov, this was the climax of a pattern throughout his rise - a pattern woven from the support of important and influential friends at each stage of his career, from his own intellectual strength, from years of careful and clever maneuvering.
		Andropov may be deliberately making things tougher to foment reaction and thus justify a widespread purge of those whom he sees as threats to Soviet internal stability.
	www.libertyhaven.com /countriesandregions/exurss/stalinsfootsteps.shtml (3945 words)

	Yuri Andropov
		Yuri Andropov, the son of a railway official, was born in Nagutskoye, in the Soviet Union.
		Andropov attempted to introduce a series of reforms but he died in 1984 before he could complete his programme.
		Andropov's tough, and sometimes exaggerated, attitude to these problems instilled hope that an end would at last be put to all the outrageous practices, that those who had alienated themselves from the people would be held responsible.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /COLDandropov.htm (540 words)

	Russian Andropov, Yuri Andropov of Russia, Villa Andropov, Juri Andropov Russian, Andropov Yuri on RussiansAbroad.com
		But Andropov's ability to reshape the top leadership was constrained by his poor health and the influence of his rival Chernenko, who had previously supervised personnel matters in the Central Committee.
		Whether Andropov could have found a way out of the depths to which United States-Soviet relations had fallen, or whether he could have managed to lead the country out of its stagnation, will never be known.
		Andropov's most significant legacy to the Soviet Union was his discovery and promotion of Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
	www.russiansabroad.com /russian_history_78.html (565 words)

	Putin Foreign Policy, Andropov - JRL 6-19-04
		Thus, the theme "Putin is Andropov today" has been catching in Russia, ever since it was introduced in a lengthy television documentary made by Andrei Konchalovsky (Grani, 29 March).
		Andropov was a true believer in a comprehensive intellectual effort, demonstrated by his regular consultations with the Central Committee, a team of the "best and the brightest" (Izvestia, 15 June).
		Andropov's attention was predominantly focused on a handful of top party nomenklatura, and Putin also relentlessly cultivates personal ties with post-Soviet leaders.
	www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/8260-14.cfm (833 words)

	Yuri Andropov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Andropov returned to Moscow to head the for Liaison with Socialist Countries (1957 - 1967) and was promoted to the Central Committee Secretariat in 1962 succeeding Mikhail Suslov and in 1967 he was appointed head of the KGB.
		In 1973 Andropov became a full member of Politburo although he did not resign as of the KGB until 1982.
		Andropov's legacy remains the subject of much within Russia and elsewhere both amongst scholars in the popular media.
	www.freeglossary.com /Yuri_Andropov (864 words)

	L’homme qui voulait réformer l’URSS
		Andropov avait parfaitement compris que la principale infirmité du Parti était la faiblesse intellectuelle de ses cadres et des hauts dirigeants.
		Andropov l’informe que de nouvelles approches sont indispensables pour accélérer le progrès technique et scientifique et améliorer la situation des sciences sociales, particulièrement maltraitées par Trapeznikov : l’Académie des sciences sociales doit se consacrer à de vrais travaux, au lieu de produire des textes idéologiques totalement creux.
		Andropov, qui souffrait d’une maladie des reins incurable, disparaît rapidement, en 1984.
	www.monde-diplomatique.fr /2003/03/LEWIN/10003 (2252 words)

	Le Monde diplomatique - edición española (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Según Andropov, era indispensable recurrir a métodos policiales frente a tales focos, con mayor razón porque un número nada despreciable de disidentes se declaraba abiertamente del “otro campo”.
		Andropov le informa de que son indispensables nuevos enfoques para acelerar el progreso técnico y científico y mejorar la situación de las ciencias sociales, particularmente maltratadas por Trapeznikov: la Academia de Ciencias Sociales debe dedicarse a trabajos de verdad, en lugar de producir textos ideológicos totalmente huecos.
		Andropov declaraba públicamente que quería elecciones verdaderas, lo que significaba que sabía que el supuesto “Partido” era un cadáver, que era inútil esperar revivirlo y que lo único que quedaba por hacer era destruirlo.
	www.monde-diplomatique.es /2003/03/lewin.html (2242 words)

	Commentary Magazine - Andropov: New Challenge to the West, by Arnold Beichman and Mikhail S. Bernstam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Yuri Andropov's accession to power in the wake of Leonid Brezhnev's death on November 10, 1982, has understandably resulted in the appearance of several English-language books sketching out the career of the new Soviet leader.
		...Andropov's one significant assignment outside of his main career as party bureaucrat and secret policeman was in Hungary, where he spent some years on the staff of the Soviet embassy and served as Soviet ambassador in Budapest during the fateful days of the Hungarian revolution in the fall of 1956...
		...Andropov's successful progress through the Communist party's labyrinths of power was facilitated, Beichman and Bernstam suggest, by a powerful protector, the late Mikhail Suslov, long known as the guardian of Stalinist doctrinal purity...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V76I6P87-1.htm (1282 words)

	National Review: After Andropov; the emergence of Konstantin - part 2 - Konstantin Chernenko
		Under Andropov the generational changeover accelerated as more of the Apparatchik Generation passed on and as several younger men--the Technocrat Generation-- were brought into the Politburo and the Central Committee.
		But Andropov died prematurely, before a suitable successor was in place, forcing the Politburo to turn to a candidate probably no one much wanted but whom all could accept--Konstantin Chernenko.
		Andropov died before either man was in a position to succeed him, but Romanov and Gorbachev have the consolation of knowing that, at 72, Chernenko should not be around long--which is probably why they supported him.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1282/is_v36/ai_3172544 (626 words)

	National Review: After Andropov; the passing of Yuri - Part 1
		FOLLOWING THE death of Yuri Andropov the Washington Post ran an obituary that ended with the statement that his wife, Tania, had "died some years ago.' The next day's Post carried a front-page picture of the said Tania weeping at her husband's funeral bier.
		As head of the KGB from 1967 to 1982, Andropov was a veritable cipher, the most shadowy figure in the top Soviet leadership.
		Andropov's only serious economic accomplishment was a tightening up of workplace discipline --a need step, perhaps, for the world's most truant work force, but hardly a liberalizing reform.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1282/is_v36/ai_3172542 (555 words)

	When Andropov Played Hamlet, by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. (Apr. 2, 2000)
		Andropov is the case of what a living Shakespeare would have recognized as a modern Hamlet, a tragic figure whose folly brought about the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
		It was, thus, Andropov's folly which was crucial for the deterioration of the United States from late 1983 onward, a turn symptomized by the shifting of Judge Clark out of the National Security Council, in favor of the faction of "Iran-Contra's" Vice-President Bush and James Baker III, during late 1983.
		Andropov's expressed conception of strategy itself, was fatally flawed; his conduct in the SDI affair showed clearly, that his experience as a diplomat and foreign-intelligence operative, had failed to qualify him for dealing with the most crucial kinds of strategic decisions then confronting him.
	www.larouchepub.com /lar/2000/lar_andropov_2716.html (11531 words)

	Andropov Article - Print Version
		Andropov's accession to power last November was accompanied by a corresponding ennoblement of his image.
		Andropov is the first Russian leader since Czar Nicholas II who is comfortable in the English tongue" (which omits Lenin, who spoke both English and German).
		Andropov was standing in a group of men some distance from him.
	edwardjayepstein.com /archived/andropov_print.htm (2361 words)

	Pravda.RU Soviet Leader Yury Andropov Becomes a Myth Like Kennedy
		By the way, Yury Andropov did not chair KGB in September of 1982, he was a secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.
		Yury Andropov was a healthy man (he looked liked a healthy man), he had a set of dumbbells in his office.
		Andropov was a relatively young man. Finally, neither him, nor his family were discredited with something mean.
	english.pravda.ru /main/2003/03/17/44523.html (3789 words)

	Ion Mihai Pacepa on Vladimir Putin on National Review Online
		Andropov was that other KGB chairman who rose all the way up to the Kremlin throne, and who was also once my de facto boss.
		In the West, if Andropov is remembered at all, it is for his brutal suppression of political dissidence at home and for his role in planning the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia.
		In actual fact, Andropov did not drink, as he was already terminally ill from a kidney disorder, and the rest of the portrayal was equally false.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/pacepa200409200814.asp (1606 words)

	The Observer \| International \| KGB chief ordered 4m soldiers to keep watching the skies for UFOs
		Yuri Andropov, the former Soviet leader and long-time head of the KGB, had an acute personal interest in UFOs and ordered a 13-year programme that required every soldier in the military to monitor sightings over Russian territory, according to new revelations.
		Andropov shunned the splendour enjoyed by many Soviet leaders to live in a sparse flat throughout his 15 years as KGB chief and one year as Secretary-General of the Communist Party.
		Andropov handed him the text of an official report he had ordered from the counter-espionage directorate.
	www.observer.co.uk /international/story/0,6903,920058,00.html (381 words)

	The Jamestown Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On June 15, Russia celebrated the 90th birthday of the late Yuri Andropov, secretary general of the Communist Party (CPSU) for 15 months and the head of the KGB for 15 years.
		Rather Andropov took lessons learned from the 1962 Cuban missile crisis to heart, mastering the skills of compromise.
		The largest influence of Andropov's legacy is unwavering readiness to assert Russia's dominance over its "satellites," with tanks if need be.
	www.jamestown.org /email-to-friend.php?article_id=2368124 (824 words)

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