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'''Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko''' (1911-1985) was General Secretary of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) between 13 February 1984 and his death on 10 March 1985. Promoted to supreme office following the death of [[Yuri Andropov]], and already ailing at his succession, he was a stop-gap Soviet leader. After his death, he was succeeded by [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].
[[Category:Communists]]
[[Category:Soviet Union]]