- Born
- DiedMarch 10, 1985 · Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia] (heart failure, emphysema and cirrhosis of the liver)
- Birth nameKonstantin Ustinovich Chernenko
- Konstantin Chernenko was born on September 24, 1911 in Bolshaya Tes, Yeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Novosyolovo Rayon, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia]. He died on March 10, 1985 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1984-1985).
- Being 72 years of age when he succeeded the late Yuri Andropov in February 1984, he was the eldest person to become the new leader of the Soviet Union.
- Serving just over a year (13 months), he is the shortest-served leader of the Soviet Union, serving only two months shorter than Yuri Andropov.
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