The Soviet Union on Wednesday marks the end of one year under the benign stewardship of Konstantin Chernenko, but despite attempts at upbeat official propaganda the occasion is clouded by ...

Joe Biden is America’s Konstantin Chernenko – Konstantin Chernenko was a loyal, steadfast member of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. A drab, stern man by bearing, Chernenko was 72 year ...

Konstantin Chernenko was serving a brief, unhappy stint as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. And in Amsterdam, a 40-year-old computer wiz named Piet Beertema had an ...

The president’s senescence and stubborn adherence to counterproductive policies brings to mind the brief reign of General Secretary Konstantin Chernenko. One can only hope it works out better ...

He was followed by Yuri Andropov, who died in 1984 at 69. Andropov's successor, Konstantin Chernenko, died in 1985 at 73. Fast-forward to 2022. The United States' leadership has more parallels ...

after the deaths of the brutal Leonid Brezhnev and the forgettable Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko, that we weren’t really sure what to expect from Mr. Gorbachev. He might not have ...

Set at the end of the Soviet era, the film focuses on the decline in power of Konstantin Chernenko, a Russian leader with failing health who is surrounded by a large medical team. He is old and ...

What Else Was Going On In The World: In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev replaced Konstantin Chernenko as leader of the Soviet Union. Nintendo NTDOY released the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES ...