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Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov was a Soviet politician. He was the Soviet Union's "propagandist-in-chief" after the Second World War, and was responsible for developing the Soviet cultural policy, the Zhdanov Doctrine, which remained in effect until the death of Joseph Stalin. Zhdanov was considered Stalin's most likely successor but died before him.
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politics · Soviet politician (1896–1948) · politician · military personnel · also Andrei Zhdanov, Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov, Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov, A. Abramenkov, Andrej Aleksandroviç Zhdanov, Zhdanov
Born 14 February 1896 · Died 31 August 1948 · Q207879
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Yuri Zhdanov was raised to membership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, as head of its Department of Science and Culture, but was sacked very soon after Stalin's death
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Seen as having a negative impact on culture within the Soviet Union
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Died 1948-08-31.
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Resulting in a rise in the political fortunes of Georgy Malenkov
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“The only conflict that is possible in Soviet culture is the conflict between good and best.”
And a monument to Zhdanov was built in the central square of the city
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Organised the Cominform, which was designed to coordinate and control the communist parties around the world
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1946).
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Career landmark: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1946–1948).
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And lasting until the late 1950s, Zhdanov's ideological code, known as the Zhdanov Doctrine or Zhdanovism (zhdanovshchina), defined cultural production in the Soviet Union
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Awarded Order of Kutuzov, 1st class (1944).
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Awarded Order of Suvorov, 1st class (1944).
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And implied that they shared the credit with Zhdanov
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1940).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1939).
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Was promoted to full membership of the Politburo and as head of the Central Committee's Propaganda Department
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Career landmark: Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee (1939–1948).
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Career landmark: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1938–1946).
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Career landmark: member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1938).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1935).
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And the head of the Leningrad NKVD, Leonid Zakovsky, organised the deportation of 11,702 so-called "Leningrad aristocrats", people who had belonged to the nobility or the middle class before the revolution
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And later that year he was promoted to Leningrad party chief following the assassination of Sergei Kirov
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Career landmark: Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1934–1948).
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Was chairman of the Shadrinsk committee of the Bolsheviks
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And quickly rose through the party ranks
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Was drafted into the Russian army, graduated from an officers' school and served in the reserves
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Born 1896-02-14.
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