Zhdanov, Andrey (Aleksandrovich)
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born Feb. 26, 1896, Mariupol, Ukraine, Russian Empire
died Aug. 31, 1948, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.
Soviet politician.
He joined the Bolsheviks in 1915 and became a leading member of the Politburo (1939) and Communist Party secretary in Leningrad. A close associate of Joseph Stalin, he formulated the extreme anti-Western cultural policy known as "Zhdanovism" (1946), which imposed strict government control on art and literature and soon affected all intellectual activity in the Soviet Union. In 1947 he founded the propaganda bureau
Cominform.
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2010.
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Zhdanov, Andrey Aleksandrovich — ▪ Soviet official born Feb. 26 [Feb. 14, Old Style], 1896, Mariupol, Ukraine, Russian Empire died Aug. 31, 1948, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R. Soviet government and Communist Party official. A member of the Bolsheviks from 1915, Zhdanov… … Universalium
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Zhdanov — I. biographical name Andrey Aleksandrovich 1896 1948 Soviet politician II. geographical name see Mariupol … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Mariupol — /mar ee ooh peuhl/; Russ. /meuh rddyi ooh peuhl/, n. a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov. 503,000. Formerly (1948 89), Zhdanov. * * * ▪ Ukraine formerly (1948–89) Zhdanov city, southeastern Ukraine. It lies along the estuary of the… … Universalium
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international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… … Universalium
Leningrad Affair — ▪ Soviet history (1948–50), in the history of the Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), a sudden and sweeping purge of Communist Party and government officials in Leningrad and the surrounding region. The purge occurred… … Universalium
