Yuri Andropov: A Secret Passage into the Kremlin [Hardcover]

Vladimir Solovyov (Author), Elena Klepikova (Author)

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Russian

Product Details

• Hardcover: 302 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co; 1St Edition edition (October 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0026122901
• ISBN-13: 978-0026122900
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,024,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars one of the only books on Yuri, May 29, 2003

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This review is from: Yuri Andropov: A Secret Passage into the Kremlin (Hardcover)

This is a niche book for those interested in the late communist period of the Soviet Union. This was the period after the stagnation of Breznev. He was suceeded by a succesion of rulers. Andropov and Chernenko. THis book details the many assets that Andropov brought with him to the Kremlin. His acitvities as head of the KGB. And most astonishing the fact that he was a reformer, who died to soon. An important work. Autopsy of an empire by Dmitri Volkogonov also has insights on the Andropov period.