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Andrey Zhdanov

Andrei Zhdanov
Андре́й Жда́нов
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Chairman of the Soviet of the Union
In office
12 March 1946 – 25 February 1947
Preceded by Andrey Andreyev
Succeeded by Ivan Parfenov
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
In office
15 July 1938 – 19 July 1938
Preceded by Mikhail Kalinin
Succeeded by Mikhail Tarasov
Head of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Central Committee
In office
21 March 1939 – 6 September 1940
Preceded by Post established
Succeeded by Georgy Aleksandrov
Full member of the 18th Politburo
In office
22 March 1939 – 31 August 1948
Candidate member of the 17th Politburo
In office
10 February 1934 – 22 March 1939
Member of the 17th, 18th Secretariat
In office
10 February 1934 – 31 August 1948
Member of the 17th, 18th Orgburo
In office
10 February 1934 – 31 August 1948
Personal details
Born Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov
(1896-02-26)26 February 1896
Mariupol, Russian Empire
Died 31 August 1948(1948-08-31) (aged 52)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship Soviet
Nationality Russian
Political party Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Occupation Civil servant

Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov (Russian: Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Жда́нов; IPA: [ɐnˈdrej ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕˈʐdanəf]; 26 February [O.S. 14 February] 1896 – 31 August 1948) was a Soviet politician. After World War II, he was thought to be the successor-in-waiting to Joseph Stalin, but Zhdanov died before Stalin.

Zhdanov enlisted with the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolshevik) in 1915 and was promoted through the party ranks, becoming the All-Union Communist Party manager in Leningrad after the assassination of Sergei Kirov in 1934. He was Chairman of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet from 20 July 1938–20 June 1947. Though somewhat less active than Vyacheslav Molotov, Joseph Stalin, Lazar Kaganovich and Kliment Voroshilov, Zhdanov was a major perpetrator of the Great Terror and personally approved 176 documented execution lists. In June 1940, he was sent to Estonia to supervise the establishment of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic and its annexation by the USSR.

Zhdanov took a leading role during the Siege of Leningrad during World War II. After the cease-fire agreement between Finland and the USSR was signed in Moscow on 4 September 1944, Zhdanov directed the Allied Control Commission in Finland until the Paris peace treaty of 1947.


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