Konstantin Chernenko

Details

Instance of

human

Born

11 September 1911

Died

10 March 1985

Place of birth

Bolshaya Tes

Place of death

Moscow

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Konstantin

Family name

Chernenko

Spouse

Anna Chernenko

Child

Albert Chernenko

Occupation

politician

Position held

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, Candidate member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Citizenship

Soviet Union

Religion

atheism

Awards

USSR State Prize, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of Karl Marx, Order of Klement Gottwald, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Karl Marx Gold Medal, Lenin Prize, Order of Lenin, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour

candidacy in election

1984 Soviet Union legislative election

cause of death

pulmonary emphysema, cardiac arrest

commander of (DEPRECATED)

Soviet Border Troops

described by source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Faces of Moscow

educated at

Ion Creangă Pedagogical State University, Higher Party School at the Central Committee of the CPSU

ethnic group

Ukrainians

languages spoken, written or signed

Russian

manner of death

natural causes

member of

Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

member of political party

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

military, police or special rank

Private, Red Army man

number of children

4

participant in

26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

patronym or matronym

Ustinovich

place of burial

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

significant person

Leonid Brezhnev

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