CHERNENKO, KONSTANTIN USTINOVICH

kŏstəntyēēnˈ ōōstyēēnˈəvich chĭrnyĕnˈkô, 1911–85, Soviet political leader. A protégé of Leonid Brezhnev, he rose through Communist party ranks in the 1950s, becoming a full member of the Central Committee (1971) and the Politburo (1978). When Yuri Andropov died (1984), he was elected general secretary of the Communist party and chairman of the Presidium. His health was poor and on his death (Mar. 13, 1985), he was succeeded by Mikhail Gorbachev.

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Who's Who in Russia since 1900
Book by Martin McCauley; Routledge, 1997
Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich 1911-85 , he contradicted the...from log cabin to the White House, Chernenko actually did move from an izba cottage...secretary of the Party in the republic. Chernenko was brought to Moscow by Brezhnev...
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An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996
Book by John E. Jessup; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Conflict Management--History--20th Century--Dictionaries, Military History, Modern--20th Century--Dictionaries, Political Violence--History--20th Century--Dictionaries
...States of Indonesia. See Indonesia. Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich. (b. 24 September 1911, Bolshaya...Born the son of peasant farmers, Chernenko worked on a farm in his youth. Chernenko began his ideological life when he...
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A Dictionary of Political Biography
Book by Dennis Kavanagh; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Biography--20th Century--Dictionaries, Heads Of State--Biography--Dictionaries, Statesmen--Biography--Dictionaries
...from socialism in China. Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich b. Krasnoyarsk province...Of Siberian peasant stock, Chernenko received little formal education...Andropov in February 1984 Chernenko was chosen by his colleagues...
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The End of the Communist Revolution
Book by Robert V. Daniels; Routledge, 1993
...Central Committee, CPSU: and Andropov 10 ; and Chernenko 5 , 6 ; and circular flow of power 11 ; and Communist...Chebrikov, Viktor 13 , 21 , 24 , 37 Cheka 103 Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich 5 - 6 , 10 , 12 , 14 , 69 , 192 n16 Chernobyl...
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Stalin and Stalinism
Book by Alan Wood; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Heads Of State--Soviet Union--Biography, Soviet Union--Politics And Government--1917-1936, Soviet Union--Politics And Government--1936-1953, Stalin, Joseph--1879-1953
...campaign, and in 1988 was posthumously readmitted to the Communist Party. Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich (1911-85). A lack-lustre apparatchik , Chernenko joined the Communist Party in 1931 and
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Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHERNENKO, KONSTANTIN USTINOVICH kost ntyeen oostyeen vich chirnyen ko, 1911 85, Soviet political leader. A protege of Leonid Brezhnev , he rose through Communist...


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