Andropov and his successor, [[Konstantin Chernenko]], kept the communist system under Brezhnev intact, but upon Chernenko's death [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] became party chairman.
Andropov and his successor, [[Konstantin Chernenko]], kept the communist system under Brezhnev intact, but upon Chernenko's death [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] became party chairman.