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...complete contrast to the rural flavor of Khrushchev and Brezhnev. It is assumed, but not proved, that Andropov spent his formative political years in Karelia, on the Finnish border. What he did during World War II is also sketchy. Presumably, Andropov was involved in the bitter fighting at Leningrad, but there is no public record...
...born Roman Tyrtov in 1892 in St. Petersburg (now Leningrad); his pseudonym was coined from the French pronunciation (Air-tay) of his initials. At the age of five, he was already sketching designs for dresses. His entranced mother had a dressmaker whip up one of his creations, which she wore with great éclat. In the library of his father, an admiral, young Erté found a book of reproductions of Persian and Indian miniatures; the boy was so delighted that he decided to become an artist...
Someone still notices though, namely the organizers of the United States Junior National team. Fusco was named to the 20-man roster scheduled to play seven games from Dec. 26 to Jan 4 at the World Junior Championships in Leningrad...
...Grigori Romanov is his surname, the same as Russia's former royal family. Romanov, 59, is not laughing. After a meteoric rise to candidate membership in the Politburo in 1973 and full membership three years later, he appears to be going nowhere. Still, as First Secretary of the Leningrad Communist Party he cannot be completely counted out for the party's top office...
Born to a Russian peasant family in the Novgorod region, Romanov helped to defend Leningrad during the 900-day Nazi blockade in World War II. Eventually landing the top post of party boss in the city where the Bolshevik Revolution began, Romanov gained the admiration, and perhaps envy, of party colleagues for his success in revitalizing Leningrad's aging industry...