Yuri Zhdanov

Yuri Zhdanov
Born
Yuri Andreyevich Zhdanov

(1919-08-20)August 20, 1919
DiedDecember 19, 2006(2006-12-19) (aged 87)

Yuri Andreyevich Zhdanov (Russian: Ю́рий Андре́евич Жда́нов; 20 August 1919 – 19 December 2006) was a Soviet and 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.