Size: 64.5×49cm./25.3x19.2inch.
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Poster made in the Soviet Union. The text on the poster reads:”Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov”. The poster is probably made in the 1960’s.
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (1914-1984) 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.
Earlier in his career, Andropov served as the Soviet ambassador to Hungary from 1954 to 1957. During this period, he took part in the suppression of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. Later under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev, he was appointed chairman of the KGB in 1967.
Upon Brezhnev’s death on 10 November 1982, Andropov succeeded him as General Secretary and, by extension, as the leader of the Soviet Union. Subsequently, he sought to eliminate corruption and inefficiency and investigating longtime officials for violations of party discipline. His major long-term impact was bringing to the fore a new generation of young reformers as energetic as himself, including Yegor Ligachyov, Nikolai Ryzhkov, and, most importantly, Mikhail Gorbachev. He died aged 69 in 1984 by kidney failure.