11 mar 1985 año - Gorbachev appointed General Secretary of the USSR
Descripción:
- Andropov had taken charge following Brezhnev death, but then he died
- Chernenko takes over but too ill to govern effectively
- Gorbachev manipulates his way to the position
- younger than usual for a member of the higher-ups of in the communist party
- distinctly not a Stalinist
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11 mar 1985 año
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~ 40 years ago