Konstantin Chernenko’s Soviet Presidency

Title

Konstantin Chernenko’s Soviet Presidency

Genre

News report; Speech; Music

TX Date

Mar 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:01:59

Description

A review of the career of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Konstantin Chernenko, after his death. Includes speech by Chernenko at previous President Yuri Andropov’s funeral; sombre music on Moscow Radio after the death. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Konstantin Chernenko; Moscow Radio

Keywords

Deaths; USSR; Political reform; Presidents; Yuri Andropov; Konstantin Chernenko; Political leaders; Economic reform

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