Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov was a Russian Soviet politician who acted as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1983, for a second time in 1984, and for a th
Kuznetsov (left of Kennedy) during a visit to the US in 1963
Kuznetsov (left) meets Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in October 1973
Konstantin Chernenko
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Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko was a Soviet politician who served as the de jure leader of the Soviet Union from February 1984 until his death in March 1985.
Vasily Kuznetsov (politician)
…1982 to 1983 (after the death of Brezhnev), for a second time in 1984 (after the death of Andropov), and for a third time in 1985 (after the death of Chernenko). He was one of the oldest members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union was…
Chernenko in 1984
Chernenko as a Soviet frontier guard in 1930
Chernenko in 1962
Chernenko (left) posing for a photo with his longtime patron, Leonid Brezhnev, and Fidel Castro in 1981.