Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko: Moving to Center Stage

In his debut, Chernenko assumes a cautious but determined stance

By John Kohan Monday, Feb. 27, 1984

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^{* Joseph Stalin became party leader in 1922. After his death
in 1953, Georgi Malenkov briefly held the post, but he soon gave way to
Nikita Khrushchev.
Leonid Brezhnev took over in 1964, and Andropov succeeded Brezhnev in
1982.}