# Yuri Andropov - General Secretary of the Communist Party

URL: https://history-russia.com/rulers/yuri-andropov
Reign: 1982 - 1984
Born-Died: 1914 - 1984
Dynasty: Soviet Leadership
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Andropov

Andropov, KGB chairman for fifteen years, launched a discipline and anti-corruption campaign during his brief leadership, cut short by kidney failure.

## Succession
- Preceded by: [Leonid Brezhnev](https://history-russia.com/rulers/leonid-brezhnev)
- Succeeded by: [Konstantin Chernenko](https://history-russia.com/rulers/konstantin-chernenko)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1982 - [Death of Brezhnev](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1982-death-of-brezhnev)
- 1983 - [KAL 007 and the false alarm](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1983-kal-007-and-the-false-alarm)
- 1984 - [Chernenko succeeds Andropov](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1984-chernenko-succeeds-andropov)