Yuri Zhdanov
Yuri Zhdanov | |
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| Born | Yuri Andreyevich Zhdanov August 20, 1919 |
| Died | December 19, 2006 (aged 87) |
Yuri Andreyevich Zhdanov (Russian: Ю́рий Андре́евич Жда́нов; 20 August 1919 – 19 December 2006) was a Soviet and Russian scientist, chemist. Doctor of Sciences in Chemical Sciences (1960), professor and rector of the University of Rostov (1957–1988). He was the son of Soviet politician Andrei Zhdanov and a former husband of Joseph Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva.