Gorachev new Soviet leader

On Mar. 3, 1985, The Times re­por­ted that hours after the an­nounce­ment of Pres­id­ent Kon­stantin U. Chernen­ko’s death, his young­est lieu­ten­ant, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, took power in a light­ning shift away from the aged elite that has rule the huge, se­cret­ive So­viet state for two dec­ades.

Published: March 11, 1985
Sources: Los Angeles Times
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