Konstantin Chernenko
Grigory Vasilyevich Romanov (, scientific transliteration: "Grigorij Vasil'evič Romanov"; 7 February 1923 – 3 June 2008) was a Soviet politician and member of the Politburo and Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In 1985, he was considered Mikhail Gorbachev's main rival in the succession struggle after the death of Konstantin Chernenko in March 1985, the third Soviet leader to die in just a few short years.