Death of Konstantin Chernenko
1985 · Event
The third Soviet leader to die in under three years succumbs to emphysema and heart failure; within hours the Politburo turns to its youngest member, Mikhail Gorbachev.
On these timelines: Cold War, Russia & the USSR, Master
More from Cold War
- Solidarity movement in Poland (1980)
- Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan (1989)
- Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)
- Helsinki Accords (1975)
- Henry Kissinger (1923)
- Truman Doctrine (1947)
- Long Telegram (1946)
- Iron Curtain speech (1946)
Around 1985
- Gulf War (1990)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)