This is a new edition of the political biography of Andropov (1914-1984), the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1982-84) and KGB chief from 1967-82, called by the author "the last Bolshevik". Igor" Sinitsyn was Andropov"s assistant in the Central Committee of the CPSU in 1973-1979. Like his boss, Sinitsyn worked as diplomat, "partapparatchik", and KGB officer most of his life. The book covers Andropov"s career with a concentration on 1973-1984. Also available on the subject: Solov"ev, V. and Klepikova, E. Iurii AndropovЬ Tainyi Khod v Kreml" (1995); Teshkin, Iu.V. Andropov i Drugie (1998); Medvedev, R.A. Iurii Andropov: Neizvestnoe ob Izvestnom (2004); Semanov, S.N. Andropov: Sem" Tain Genseka (2001); Semanov, S. Sekretnaia Missiia Andropova (2014); Khlobustov, O. Paradoks Andropova: "Byl Poriadok!" (2014).