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Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko [a] [b] (24 September 1911 – 10 March 1985) [2] was a Soviet politician and the seventh General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Konstantin Chernenko (born September 11 [September 24, New Style], 1911, Bolshaya Tes, Yeniseysk, Russian Empire [now in Krasnoyarsk kray, Russia]—died March 10, 1985, Moscow) was the chief political leader of the Soviet Union from February 1984 until his death in 1985. Born to a Russian peasant family in the Yeniseysk region of Siberia ...
May 29, 2018 · Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich (1911–85) Soviet statesman, president (1984–85). An ally of Leonid Brezhnev, he joined the Politburo in 1978. Chernenko succeeded Yuri Andropov as president and general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). He died after only 13 months in office and was succeeded by Mikhail Gorbachev.
Mar 25, 1985 · That final tribute to Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko was in keeping with the official adulation that enveloped the late Soviet leader during the 13 months that he ruled in the Kremlin.
Mar 12, 1985 · Konstantin U. Chernenko, the oldest man ever to assume power in the Kremlin, was plagued by health problems during his brief reign and was always regarded as a transitional leader.
Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko ( Russian: Константи́н Усти́нович Черне́нко; September 24, 1911 – March 10, 1985) was a Soviet Union politician and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and who led the Soviet Union from February 13, 1984 until his death just 13 months later. Chernenko was ...
Nov 13, 2009 · Following the death of Yuri Andropov four days earlier, Konstantin Chernenko takes over as the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, the ruling position in the Soviet Union. Chernenko ...
Jul 9, 2024 · Soviet Union - Interregnum, Andropov, Chernenko: Toward the end of his life, Brezhnev lost control of the country. Regionalism became stronger as the centre faltered. When Brezhnev died on November 10, 1982, he was succeeded as party leader by Yury Andropov, although his chosen successor was Konstantin Chernenko. Andropov had been head of the KGB from 1967 to May 1982. He then slipped into the ...
Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko was a Soviet politician and the seventh General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He briefly led the Soviet Union from 1984 until his death a year later.
Konstantin Chernenko (1911-1985) was the leader of the Soviet Union for a brief period in the mid 1980s. Chernenko was born into poverty in western Siberia, the son of a miner.
