Yuriy Andropov

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Petrozavodsk_State_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Order_of_Lenin
gptkb:Order_of_the_Red_Banner
gptkb:Order_of_the_Patriotic_War
gptkb:Order_of_the_Red_Star
gptkbp:birthDate 1914-06-15
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Nagutskoye,_Stavropol_Governorate,_Russian_Empire
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Kremlin_Wall_Necropolis
gptkbp:causeOfDeath kidney failure
gptkbp:child gptkb:Igor_Andropov
gptkbp:deathDate 1984-02-09
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Moscow,_Russian_SFSR,_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Russian
Jewish (maternal side)
gptkbp:fullName Yuriy Vladimirovich Andropov
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yuriy Andropov
gptkbp:KGBTermEnd 1982-05-26
gptkbp:KGBTermStart 1967-05-18
gptkbp:knownFor leadership of the Soviet Union
attempted reforms
crackdown on dissidents
leadership of the KGB
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Central_Committee_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkb:Politburo_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General_of_the_Army
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Soviet
gptkbp:notableWork suppression of dissent
anti-corruption campaigns
reforms in the KGB
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:diplomat
intelligence officer
politician
gptkbp:party gptkb:Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Chairman_of_the_KGB
gptkb:General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Leonid_Brezhnev
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:signature Yuri Andropov Signature 1983.png
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Tatyana_Andropova
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Konstantin_Chernenko
gptkbp:termEnd 1984-02-09
gptkbp:termStart 1982-11-12
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Severomorsk_(Pyotr_Velikiy)
gptkb:Kirov-class_battlecruiser_Pyotr_Velikiy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7