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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. He briefly led the Soviet Union from 1984 until his death a year later.
Open Source Archives - "In Connection with the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union" [permanent dead link ] Documents of the 22nd Congress of the CPSU; Vol I; Documents of the 22nd Congress of the CPSU; Vol II; Program of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. With a special pref. to the American ed. by N. S. Khrushchev.
Konstantin Chernenko (1911–1985) [50] 9 February 1984 [50] ↓ 10 March 1985† 1 year, 29 days — General Secretary of the Communist Party Nikolai Tikhonov Vasily Kuznetsov (acting) Himself: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party [51] and Chairman of the Presidium from 11 April 1984 to 10 March 1985. [52]
Rezo Gigineishvili’s “Patient #1” is the 2023 winner of the annual Werner Herzog Film Award. Set at the end of the Soviet era, the film focuses on the decline in power of Konstantin ...
Konstantin Chernenko: Party CPSU: Non-partisans: Alliance BKB: BKB: Leader since 13 February 1984 Last election 650 seats 325 seats Seats won 649: 326 Seat change 1 1
Collective leadership continued under Yuri Andropov (General Secretary from 1982 to 1984) and Konstantin Chernenko (General Secretary from 1984 to 1985). Mikhail Gorbachev 's reforms espoused open discussion from about 1986, leading to members of the leadership openly disagreeing on how little or how much reform was needed to rejuvenate the ...
The last five Soviet leaders (Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Chernenko and Mikhail Gorbachev) were all senior Secretaries before becoming First or General Secretaries. Additionally, Georgy Malenkov was briefly the leader of the Party for around a week after Stalin's death by virtue of being the top member of the ...
After Yuri Andropov's death, Konstantin Chernenko was elected as the next leader for the Soviet Union. Andropov had not wanted Chernenko to become his successor because Chernenko had emphysema and health issues. [71] Instead, Andropov's preferred choice for his successor was Mikhail Gorbachev. Chernenko's reign was even shorter than Andropov's ...