Yuri Zhdanov

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Yury Andreevich Zhdanov
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Born(1919-08-20)August 20, 1919
Tver, Russian SFSR
DiedDecember 19, 2006(2006-12-19) (aged 87)
Rostov-on-Don, Russia
EducationDoctor of Science (1960)
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Alma materMoscow State University (1941)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry, Philosophy
InstitutionsMoscow State University,
Southern Federal University

Yuri Andreyevich Zhdanov (Russian: Ю́рий Андре́евич Жда́нов; 20 August 1919 – 19 December 2006) was a Russian chemistry professor and rector of the University of Rostov. He was the son of Soviet politician Andrei Zhdanov and a former husband of Joseph Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva.

Biography[]

Yuri Andreyevich Zhdanov was born on August 20, 1919 in Tver.[1] He graduated from Moscow State University in 1941 with a degree in organic chemistry and served with the Red Army during World War II. He received a Ph.D. in 1948.

He married Svetlana Alliluyeva in the spring of 1949 "as a matter of hard common sense but without any special love or affection". Joseph Stalin respected the Zhdanov family and had always hoped the two families would be linked in marriage. They soon divorced in 1952. They had a daughter Yekaterina ("Katya") in 1950.[2]

He joined Rostov University in 1953, becoming a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and eventually Rector of the University. He was the author of numerous papers on organic chemistry.

In 1950 as the member of Soviet political leadership Zhdanov took active role in the implementation of the national policy of antisemitism. In his later year while being the Rector of Rostov State University and the Chair of the North-Caucasian Scientific Center of Higher Education he established the atmosphere of ethnic and religious tolerance. At that time most Soviet colleges and universities had sever quota on Jewish students and faculty. Many Jewish students from different regions of USSR were coming to Rostov-on-Don knowing that they would be admitted to local colleges and university. Most colleges and universities of the Rostov-on-Don region under the leadership of Yuri Andreyevich Zhdanov employed Jewish faculty and staff. Three out of five scientific research institutes of Rostov State University were headed by Jews.

He died on 19 December 2006 in Rostov-on-Don.[1]

Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Elena Mironova (21 November 2011). В Ростове открыли памятник Юрию Жданову. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  2. ^ Alliluyeva, S. (1967, September 22). Part II The Intimate Recollections of Stalin's Daughter. Life, 91-105. Retrieved 27 May 2016

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External links[]

  1. ^ Montefiore, Simon Sebag (2007-12-18). Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307427939. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
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