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Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich

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Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich (kŏstəntyēēn` ōōstyēēn`əvich chĭrnyĕn`kô), 1911–85, Soviet political leader. A protégé of Leonid Brezhnev Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich (lāyōnēd` ĭlyēch` brĕzh`nĕf), 1906–82, Soviet leader.
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, 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 Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich (y
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 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 Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich (mēkhəyēl` sĭrgā`yəvich gərbəchof`)
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