Andrei Zhdanov Quotes

Russia, Leader
February 26, 1896 – August, 31, 1948.

Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov was a Soviet Communist Party leader and cultural ideologist. After World War II, Zhdanov was thought to be the successor-in-waiting to Joseph Stalin, but he died before Stalin. He has been described as the ‘propagandist-in-chief’ of the Soviet Union in the period 1945 to 1948.

The enemy is at the gate. It is a question of life and death.

Andrei Zhdanov
- Question
- Enemy
- Gate
The only conflict that is possible in Soviet culture is the conflict between good and best.

Andrei Zhdanov
- Good
- Best
- Conflict

The new electoral system gives us a powerful tool to improve the work of the entire Soviet system, in order to eliminate bureaucratic phenomena, shortcomings and deformations in Soviet organizations. And these shortcomings are, as you know, very real. Our Party organizations must be prepared for the election campaign. In the elections, they must deal with hostile propaganda and hostile candidates.

Andrei Zhdanov