1985 Event Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow) 1985 Event Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader 1985 Death Konstantin Chernenko, party leader/president of U.S.S.R. (1984-85), dies at 73 1984 Event General Sec Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union 1984 Event U.S.S.R. party leader Chernenko elected president 1984 Event Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as U.S.S.R. leader 1911 Birthday Konstantin Chernenko, U.S.S.R. leader
