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Events on Monday 11 September 1911 1
1911 – 1985Konstantin Chernenko (1911-1985)Died 10 March 1985, aged 73Chernenko led the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the Communist Party from February 1984 until his death. His brief, ailing tenure was followed immediately by the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev. He died in Moscow on 10 March 1985.