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Andropov and Chernenko

The leaderships of Andropov and Chernenko have been overshadowed by Gorbachev’s rule, but does history treat them unfairly?

Mikhail Gorbachev, head of state 1988–91.
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Familiarise yourself with the Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras and their respective attitudes to the Soviet political, social and economic systems, as well as to change.

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