Soviet Era Personified: Y.V. Andropov
The book review examines the Catalogue dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Y.V. Andropov. The author emphasizes the signifcance of Andropov's activities during his tenure as the KGB Chairman. Under his leadership the KGB “became the key organ of the party and state system in the USSR which was responsible for the national security of the Soviet state and had a considerable effect on the contours of foreign and home policy of the country and its ideology”. The KGB implemented a great variety of tasks, that is, combated political nonconformity, “responded to Czechoslovakian (1968) and Polish (1981-1981) events”, fended off the “hostile” activities of foreign centers and mass media. Andropov was the General Secretary of the CPSU for quite a brief period. And yet he was going to launch reforms in many spheres, primarily in economics.