[DOC] [TLE] Yuri Andropov - Wikipedia [PAR] Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov was a Soviet politician and the General Secretary of 
the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 12 November 1982 until his death 
fifteen months later. .... He died on 9 February 1984 at 16:50 in his hospital room. 
... the Soviet Union for the Washington Post in the 1980s, called Andropov... [DOC] [TLE] List of leaders of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia [PAR] Under the 1977 Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 
the Chairman of the Council of Ministers was the head of government and the 
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was the head of state. .... Yuri 
Andropov succeeded Brezhnev in his post as General Secretary in 1982. He was 
68... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about WORLD LEADERS - StudyStack [PAR] THE 1980S WERE TOUGH ON RUSSIAN HEADS OF STATE; HE DIED IN 1982, 
ANDROPOV IN 1984, AND CHERNENKO IN 1985, BREZHNEV. ONE OF THE... [DOC] [TLE] SUCCESSION IN MOSCOW - SIBERIAN PEASANT WHO WON ... [PAR] Konstantin U. Chernenko, who died Sunday at the age of 73, was the caretaker of 
... In poor health and only 13 months at the helm, he nevertheless scored some ... 
Published: March 12, 1985 ... chose Mr. Brezhnev's immediate successor in 
November 1982. ... as the Soviet leader in February 1984 on Mr. Andropov's 
death. [DOC] [TLE] Brezhnev, Leonid - Dictionary definition of Brezhnev, Leonid ... [PAR] He would travel to rural areas to impose Soviet rule on peasants and replace 
local leaders ... with another future Soviet leader, Konstantin Chernenko (1911
1985). ... In 1960, Brezhnev became the head of state as chairman of the 
Presidium of the ... Other Communist Party leaders were tired of Khrushchev's 
increasingly... [DOC] [TLE] Causes of the Soviet Collapse (1979-1991) [PAR] Fiery political speeches and tough diplomatic postures make good theater, .... 
Military and economic reprisals against the Soviet Union in the 1980s were far ... 
1982, he was succeeded by former KGB head Yuri Andropov, who died in early 
1984. ... Chernenko died in March 1985, and was immediately succeeded by 
Mikhail... [DOC] [TLE] In Stalin's Footsteps: Yuri Andropov: Rise of a Dictator - Imprimis [PAR] Sep 1, 1983 ... He is not the "good old Yuri" of recent Soviet propaganda portrayals (so gullibly ... 
Many in the West were surprised by Yuri Andropov's rapid seizure of power in ... 
Andropov, head of the KGB until June 1982, was given little chance, ... in the 
Politburo following the death of Mikhail Suslov in January 1982. [DOC] [TLE] Reagan, Ronald - U.S. History in Context - Gale [PAR] He was the second child born to Jack Reagan and Nelle Wilson. .... with the 
Soviet Union) and the dtente policies of U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger 
.... (19061982; see entry), then the brief tenures of Yuri Andropov (19141984) 
and ... Union were run by aging hard-liners, but the death of Chernenko in March 
1985... [DOC] [TLE] U.S.-Soviet Summitry: CQR [PAR] November 1, 1985 ... At 54 years of age, he is by far the youngest of recent Soviet 
leaders and may .... 10, 1982. ... Yuri V. Andropov, died in February 1984, and 
was followed by Chernenko, ... of Parliament who said after meeting Gorbachev 
that he is as tough as ... Heads of state have long met to settle international 
issues... [DOC] [TLE] The Soviet Machiavelli | The Municipal Machiavelli [PAR] Aug 13, 2014 ... Mikhail A. Suslov, chief ideologist of the Soviet Communist Party and one of the ... 
His state funeral, in 1982, was one of the largest parades ever staged in the .... In 
1947, he was appointed by Stalin as head of the important Agitprop ..... in 1984, 
when Andropov died, to be succeeded by Gorbachev, in 1985. [DOC] [TLE] Download PDF - Springer [PAR] In 1982 besides the senile Brezhnev there were three ... became a Central 
Committee Secretary; he was already in the ... Yet after Andropov's death in 
February 1984, Chernenko was ...

Question: The 1980s were tough on Russian heads of state: he died in 1982, Andropov in 1984 & Chernenko in 1985
Answer: Brezhnev