Zhdanov, Andrei Aleksandrovich

Japanese: ジダーノフ（英語表記）Zhdanov， Andrei Aleksandrovich

Born: February 26, 1896, Mariupol
[Died] August 31, 1948. Moscow Soviet politician. In 1915 he joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (the predecessor of the Communist Party) and participated in the revolution in the Urals. In 1934 he became Secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee, and in 1939 he became a member of the party's Politburo. He led the party organization in Leningrad and participated in the purges. During World War II he participated in the defense of Leningrad and rose to the rank of army general. In 1947 he gave a report on the international situation at the founding conference of the Cominform. He promoted party ideology in many fields, including philosophy, history, and music, and was at one time called I. Stalin's successor.

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[生]1896.2.26. マリウポリ
[没]1948.8.31. モスクワ
ソ連の政治家。 1915年ロシア社会民主労働党 (共産党の前身) に入党し，ウラル地方で革命に参加。 34年共産党中央委員会書記を経て 39年党政治局員。レニングラードの党組織を指導し粛清に加担。第2次世界大戦にはレニングラード防衛戦に参加し陸軍大将となった。 47年コミンフォルム創立会議で「国際情勢について」と題し報告。哲学，歴史学，音楽など多方面で党イデオロギーを押出し，一時は I.スターリンの後継者といわれた。