Andrei Zhdanov Андрей Жданов | |
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| Born | 26 February 1896 Mariupol, Russian Empire |
| Died | 31 August 1948 Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political orientation | Marxism–Leninism |
Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov was a Soviet politician. He was the head of ideological work for the CPSU before the Great Patriotic War and led the city of Leningrad during the Nazi siege. After the war, he wanted the party to focus on increasing living standards and combatting bourgeois ideology. He died in 1948.[1]
References
- ↑ Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny (2010). Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union: 'Two Trends in Soviet Politics' (pp. 25–26). [PDF] iUniverse.com. ISBN 9781450241717