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Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko (24 September 1911 – 10 March 1985) 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.
Moscow, March 11 -- The Kremlin today announced the death of Konstantin U. Chernenko and, within hours, named Mikhail S. Gorbachev to succeed him as Soviet leader. The announcement said Mr....
However, Andropov had become mortally ill by the following August, and after his death six months later, Chernenko succeeded him as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on February 13, 1984. On April 12 he became chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mar 12, 1985 · Leaders of the East and West offered condolences Monday on the death of Soviet leader Konstantin U. Chernenko and praised him for improving superpower relations.
Mar 12, 1985 · MOSCOW, March 11, 1985 -- The Kremlin leadership today announced the death of Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko and within hours named its youngest member, Mikhail Gorbachev, to succeed...
Mar 11, 1985 · The Soviet government ended hours of suspense by announcing that Chernenko, the oldest man ever to lead to Soviet Union, had died Sunday night after only 13 months in office.
Mar 12, 1985 · The name of Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko, an outstanding leader of the Communist Party and the Soviet state and a staunch fighter for the ideals of Communism and for peace, will remain...
