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Andrei Zhdanov

1896 - 1948

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Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov (Russian: Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Жда́нов, IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ˈʐdanəf] ; 26 February [O.S. 14 February] 1896 – 31 August 1948) was a Soviet politician and ideologue. He has been described as the Soviet Union's "propagandist-in-chief" in the 1940s, and was responsible for developing the Soviet cultural policy, the Zhdanov Doctrine, which remained in effect until the death of Joseph Stalin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrei Zhdanov has received more than 620,547 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Andrei Zhdanov is the 1,107th most popular politician (up from 1,159th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 39th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Andrei Zhdanov was a Soviet politician and the head of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. He was most famous for being the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Karelo-Finnish SSR and the Leningrad Oblast.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andrei Zhdanov ranks 1,107 out of 15,577. Before him are John McCain, Gustáv Husák, Chongzhen Emperor, Probus, Michael I Rangabe, and Jianwen Emperor. After him are Asparuh of Bulgaria, Stephen, King of England, Jungjong of Joseon, Ur-Nammu, Eric Bloodaxe, and Vidkun Quisling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Andrei Zhdanov ranks 15. Before him are Roman Jakobson, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Antonin Artaud, Eugenio Montale, Trygve Lie, and Klement Gottwald. After him are Paula Hitler, Gerty Cori, Oswald Mosley, Felix Steiner, Milena Jesenská, and Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Among people deceased in 1948, Andrei Zhdanov ranks 10. Before him are Osamu Dazai, Hideki Tojo, Edvard Beneš, Franz Lehár, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, and Antonin Artaud. After him are Walther von Brauchitsch, Karl Brandt, Babe Ruth, Folke Bernadotte, Johannes Blaskowitz, and Witold Pilecki.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Andrei Zhdanov ranks 40 out of 1,083. Before him are Simon Wiesenthal (1908), Grigory Zinoviev (1883), Élie Metchnikoff (1845), Trofim Lysenko (1898), Yulia Tymoshenko (1960), and Ivan Mazepa (1639). After him are Igor Sikorsky (1889), Joseph Roth (1894), Petro Poroshenko (1965), Vladimir II Monomakh (1053), Sholem Aleichem (1859), and George Gamow (1904).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Andrei Zhdanov ranks 17. Before him are Stanisław Leszczyński (1677), Leonid Kuchma (1938), Viktor Yushchenko (1954), Grigory Zinoviev (1883), Yulia Tymoshenko (1960), and Ivan Mazepa (1639). After him are Petro Poroshenko (1965), Vladimir II Monomakh (1053), Symon Petliura (1879), Lazar Kaganovich (1893), Rodion Malinovsky (1898), and Levi Eshkol (1895).

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