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Konstantin Chernenko

1911 - 1985

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Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko (24 September 1911 – 10 March 1985) was a Soviet politician and the seventh General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He briefly led the Soviet Union from 1984 until his death a year later. Born to a poor Ukrainian family in Siberia, Chernenko joined the Komsomol in 1929 and became a full member of the party in 1931. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Konstantin Chernenko has received more than 4,692,979 page views. His biography is available in 89 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Konstantin Chernenko is the 298th most popular politician (down from 287th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Russia (up from 42nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Russian Politician.

Konstantin Chernenko was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1984 to 1985. He died in office in 1985, and was succeeded by Mikhail Gorbachev.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Konstantin Chernenko ranks 298 out of 19,576. Before him are Mars, George III of the United Kingdom, Moshe Dayan, Charles I of Austria, Woodrow Wilson, and Hugh Capet. After him are Philip III of Spain, Peter III of Russia, Charles VI of France, Mahmud II, Slobodan Milošević, and Chagatai Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Konstantin Chernenko ranks 3. Before him are Ronald Reagan, and Josef Mengele. After him are Georges Pompidou, Baba Vanga, Naguib Mahfouz, Władysław Szpilman, Emil Cioran, Juan Manuel Fangio, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Todor Zhivkov, and William Golding. Among people deceased in 1985, Konstantin Chernenko ranks 4. Before him are Marc Chagall, Enver Hoxha, and Yul Brynner. After him are Heinrich Böll, Italo Calvino, Carl Schmitt, Simone Signoret, Fernand Braudel, Orson Welles, László Bíró, and Jean Dubuffet.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Konstantin Chernenko ranks 40 out of 3,761. Before him are Dmitri Shostakovich (1906), Valentina Tereshkova (1937), Georgy Zhukov (1896), David Hilbert (1862), E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776), and Alexander II of Russia (1818). After him are Vladimir Nabokov (1899), Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901), Turhan Hatice Sultan (1627), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890), Elizabeth of Russia (1709), and Paul I of Russia (1754).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Konstantin Chernenko ranks 16. Before him are Alexander I of Russia (1777), Nicholas I of Russia (1796), Yuri Andropov (1914), Alexander III of Russia (1845), Georgy Zhukov (1896), and Alexander II of Russia (1818). After him are Turhan Hatice Sultan (1627), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890), Elizabeth of Russia (1709), Paul I of Russia (1754), Georgy Malenkov (1902), and Rurik (830).

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