Chernenko succeeded which previous General Secretary?
Yuri Andropov
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Answer
Yuri Andropov, the former KGB chief, was the immediate predecessor of Konstantin Chernenko as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Andropov's tenure as leader was brief, lasting only 15 months from November 1982 until his death in February 1984. Despite his short time in power, his hardline policies and focus on economic reform left a mark on the Soviet Union.
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