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Konstantin Chernenko

Also known as Constantine Ustinovich Chernenko, Constantine Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1911-1985)

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Konstantin Chernenko was a Soviet political leader who served as the head of the Communist Party and Soviet Union from 1984 until his death in 1985. His brief leadership came during the final years of the Cold War, at a time when the Soviet system was facing economic and political challenges.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Konstantin Chernenko is referenced by 588 other articles, and connects out to Siberia, Soviet-Afghan War and heart failure.

Vinony files it under 1911 births, 1985 deaths and 20th-century atheists.

Its subject is documented across 91 Wikipedia language editions.

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Acting · Bolshaya Tes, Eniseysk governorate, Russian Empire

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Код доступа — Self2017

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ColabFold: making protein folding accessible to all
· 2022 · cited 8,779x
Variational Mode Decomposition
· 2014 · cited 8,246x
Canu: scalable and accurate long-read assembly via adaptive <i>k</i> -mer weighting and repeat separation
· 2017 · cited 6,994x
Ferroptosis: A Regulated Cell Death Nexus Linking Metabolism, Redox Biology, and Disease
· 2017 · cited 6,581x
The SWISS-MODEL workspace: a web-based environment for protein structure homology modelling
· 2005 · cited 6,011x

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Quotes

“Those who try to give us advice on matters of human rights do nothing but provoke an ironic smile among us. We will not permit anyone to interfere in our affairs.”
“The Soviet Union has long been proposing to outlaw chemical weapons, to remove them from the arsenals of states. We are prepared for resolution of this problem either on a global basis or piece by piece. As one of the first steps the USSR and the other socialist countries proposed in January 1984 that agreement be reached on ridding Europe of all types of chemical weapons.”
“Washington's adventuristic policy, whipping up international tension to the utmost, is pushing mankind towards nuclear catastrophe.”
“As a great socialist power the Soviet Union is fully aware of its responsibility to the peoples for preserving and strengthening peace. We are open to peaceful, mutually beneficial cooperation with states on all continents. We are for the peaceful settlement of all disputable international problems through serious, equal, and constructive talks.”
“All this is forcing the USSR to fortify the nation's defences. The Soviet people want no arms build-up. What they want is arms reduction on both sides. But we are compelled to see to our country's essential security and also to that of our friends and allies. That is exactly what is being done. And we want everybody to remember that no adventure-seekers will ever succeed in catching us unawares, that no potential aggressor has the slightest chance of escaping a devastating retaliatory strike.”

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Image: Константин Черненко.jpg
Number of children: 4

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Commons category: Konstantin Chernenko
date of birth: 1911-09-11
date of death: 1985-03-10
described at URL: www.gensek.ru

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Encyclopedic overview

Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko (24 September [O.S. 11 September] 1911 – 10 March 1985) was a Soviet politician who served as the de jure leader of the Soviet Union from February 1984 until his death in March 1985.

Born to a poor family in Siberia, Konstantin Chernenko joined the Komsomol in 1929 and became a full member of the ruling Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1931. After holding a series of propaganda posts, in 1948 he became the head of the propaganda department in Moldavia, serving under Leonid Brezhnev. After Brezhnev took over as First Secretary of the CPSU in 1964, Chernenko was appointed to head the General Department of the Central Committee. In this capacity, he became responsible for setting the agenda for the Politburo and drafting Central Committee decrees. By 1971 Chernenko became a full member of the Central Committee and later a full member of the Politburo in 1978.

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