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Yuri Andropov died on 9 February 1984 at age 69 in Moscow Central Clinical Hospital of kidney failure. Chernenko was then elected to replace Andropov even though the latter stated he wanted Mikhail Gorbachev to succeed him. Additionally, Chernenko was terminally ill himself.
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.
Andropov was succeeded by Konstantin Chernenko, who seemed to mirror Andropov's tenure. Chernenko had already been afflicted with severe health problems when he ascended to the USSR's top spot, and served even less time in office (13 months).
Although the Politburo “election” of Andropov to be party chief immediately after Brezhnev’s funeral appeared to be a well-greased political maneuver, there are some cracks in Yuri Andropov’s Kremlin wall. Konstantin Chernenko, who was Brezhnev’s choice for the succession, cannot yet be counted out of the struggle for the top Party ...
Andropov by then was ailing, kept alive by a dialysis machine. He recognized Mikhail Gorbachev's talents and clearly wished him to be his successor, an ambition that was fulfilled only after Konstantin Chernenko's brief leadership between February 1984 and March 1985.
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.
Nov 21, 2023 · Learn about Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko, two General Secretaries of the Soviet Union, or USSR, in the 1980s.
