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Konstantin Chernenko

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Konstantin Chernenko

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Also known as Constantine Ustinovich Chernenko, Constantine Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1911-1985)

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Konstantin Chernenko was a Soviet political leader who served as the head of the Communist Party and Soviet Union from 1984 until his death in 1985. His brief leadership came during the final years of the Cold War, at a time when the Soviet system was facing economic and political challenges.

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of death
Moscow
Spouse
Anna Chernenko
Child
Albert Chernenko
Occupation
politician
Educated at
Higher Party School at the Central Committee of the CPSU
Political party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Languages spoken
Russian
Religion
atheism
Award
Order of the National Flag
Military rank
Red Army man
Image
Константин Черненко.jpg
Number of children
4
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Commons category
Konstantin Chernenko
date of birth
1911-09-11
date of death
1985-03-10
place of burial
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
member of
Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
cause of death
cardiac arrest
manner of death
natural causes
commander of (DEPRECATED)
Soviet Border Troops
significant person
Leonid Brezhnev
candidacy in election
1984 Soviet Union legislative election
ethnic group
Ukrainians
described at URL
www.gensek.ru
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Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko (24 September [O.S. 11 September] 1911 – 10 March 1985) was a Soviet politician who served as the de jure leader of the Soviet Union from February 1984 until his death in March 1985.

Born to a poor family in Siberia, Konstantin Chernenko joined the Komsomol in 1929 and became a full member of the ruling Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1931. After holding a series of propaganda posts, in 1948 he became the head of the propaganda department in Moldavia, serving under Leonid Brezhnev. After Brezhnev took over as First Secretary of the CPSU in 1964, Chernenko was appointed to head the General Department of the Central Committee. In this capacity, he became responsible for setting the agenda for the Politburo and drafting Central Committee decrees. By 1971 Chernenko became a full member of the Central Committee and later a full member of the Politburo in 1978.

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