 :The trouble is that Wikipedia requires its content to be verifiable in reliable sources. I just did a Google book search and I could not find a single reference to Andropov having Jewish heritage other than a description of it as a rumor. That isn't good enough so I'm going to remove the info from the article pending the discovery of reliable sources that say otherwise. :Oh and just to nitpick, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast was not in Siberia, but otherwise yeah, you're exactly right about its purpose.    