Profession: Soviet General Secretary
Biography: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from February 13, 1984 until his death thirteen months later in 1985.
Born: September 24, 1911
Birthplace: Bolshaya Tes, Yeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire
Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Pig
Star Sign: Libra
Historical Events
- 1984-02-13 Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as leader of the Soviet Union
- 1984-04-11 General Secretary Konstantin Chernenko named President of the Soviet Union
- 1985-03-11 Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader
- 1985-03-13 Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko in Moscow
Georgy Malenkov
Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Yuri Andropov