Yuri Andropov
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1914–1984)
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Led the Soviet Union for 15 months starting late 1982, following a 15-year run as KGB chairman. Andropov's brief tenure ended with his death in 1984, making him one of the Cold War's shortest-serving top players.
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Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov was a Soviet politician who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from late 1982 until his death in 1984. He previously served as the Chairman of the KGB from 1967 until 1982.
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