Andrei Zhdanov (1896-1948), an engineer of Stalinism and a successor-in-waiting to Stalin
The tomb of Zhdanov at the Red Square, Moscow. (Photo: J.A.)
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Andrei Zdanov enlisted with the Bolshevik Party in 1915 and was promoted through the party ranks.
After the assassination of Sergei Kirov in 1934 he bacame the All-communist Party manager in Leningrad.
Zhdanov helped develop Stalin's cultural policy and was behind the establishment of the Union of Soviet Writers and the doctrine of Socialist Realism.
He was Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet 1938–1947 and a full member of the Politburo of the CPSU from 1939.
Zhdanov was one of the perpetrators of the Great Terror and personally approved 176 documented execution lists.
In June 1940, he was sent to Estonia to supervise the establishment of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic and its annexation by the USSR.
During the Siege of Leningrad (1941-44) Zhdanov was as head of the Leningrad Party Committee one of the main authorities in the city.
After the peace agreement between Finland and the USSR was signed in Moscow on 19 September 1944, Zhdanov directed the Allied Control Commission in Finland until the Paris peace treaty of 1947.
After the war Zhdanov organized Cominform (Communist Information Bureau) and was instrumental in formulating an aggressive, anti-Western foreign policy.
Zhdanov also led the post-war purge of non-conformist artists and intellectuals in the Soviet Union. He banned progressive journals and expelled people from the Union of Soviet Writers. Zhdanov also demended that Soviet writers adhere to the principle of Partiynost (party spirit). That is, that they follow closely the views laid down for them by the Communist Party. This also became known as 'Zhdanovism'.
After World War II, he was thought to be the successor-in-waiting to Stalin, but Zhdanov died in August 1948.
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Andrei Zdanov enlisted with the Bolshevik Party in 1915 and was promoted through the party ranks.
After the assassination of Sergei Kirov in 1934 he bacame the All-communist Party manager in Leningrad.
Zhdanov helped develop Stalin's cultural policy and was behind the establishment of the Union of Soviet Writers and the doctrine of Socialist Realism.
He was Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet 1938–1947 and a full member of the Politburo of the CPSU from 1939.
Zhdanov was one of the perpetrators of the Great Terror and personally approved 176 documented execution lists.
In June 1940, he was sent to Estonia to supervise the establishment of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic and its annexation by the USSR.
During the Siege of Leningrad (1941-44) Zhdanov was as head of the Leningrad Party Committee one of the main authorities in the city.
After the peace agreement between Finland and the USSR was signed in Moscow on 19 September 1944, Zhdanov directed the Allied Control Commission in Finland until the Paris peace treaty of 1947.
After the war Zhdanov organized Cominform (Communist Information Bureau) and was instrumental in formulating an aggressive, anti-Western foreign policy.
Zhdanov also led the post-war purge of non-conformist artists and intellectuals in the Soviet Union. He banned progressive journals and expelled people from the Union of Soviet Writers. Zhdanov also demended that Soviet writers adhere to the principle of Partiynost (party spirit). That is, that they follow closely the views laid down for them by the Communist Party. This also became known as 'Zhdanovism'.
After World War II, he was thought to be the successor-in-waiting to Stalin, but Zhdanov died in August 1948.
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