Yuri Andropov

About Yuri Andropov

Yuri Andropov was a significant Soviet politician who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1982 until his death in 1984. His tenure, though brief, was marked by efforts to combat corruption and implement limited economic reforms within the rigid Soviet system, following his long tenure as the powerful head of the KGB security agency. MIT's Pantheon project ranks him #810 in historical importance, recognizing his role as a key architect and leader during the later stages of the Cold War, positioning him as one of the USSR's most influential figures.

The data suggests that this historical importance is not currently matched by online curiosity. Andropov accrued 804K Wikipedia views in 2025, resulting in an "overattention" score of +2x relative to his historical standing, indicating he receives slightly more modern digital attention than his rank might predict. Interestingly, he receives significantly less attention than other 20th-century politicians in our comparison pool, such as Dwight D. Eisenhower, who registers 3.6M views despite a nearly identical importance rank of #814. Interest in Andropov is also showing a slight decline, with both his Year-over-Year change and Q1 vs Q3 momentum being negative.