Background
He was the son of Soviet politician Andrei Zhdanov and a former husband of Joseph Stalin"s daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva.
He was the son of Soviet politician Andrei Zhdanov and a former husband of Joseph Stalin"s daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva.
Moscow State University.
Yuri Andreyevich Zhdanov was born on August 20, 1919 in Tver. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1941 with a degree in organic chemistry and served with the Red Army during World World War World War II He received a Doctor of Philosophy in 1948. They had a daughter Yekaterina ("Katya") in 1950.
He was the author of numerous papers on organic chemistry.
He died on 19 December 2006 in Rostov-on-Don.
Academy of Sciences of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]
He joined Rostov University in 1953, becoming a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and eventually Rector of the University.