Mikhail Gorbachev became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and thus the leader of the USSR, in 1985.
Leonid Brezhnev was the leader of the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
Stalin, who was 44 when he became Gensek in 1922
He had 2 'famous' policies that reformed the Soviet Union. Glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring).
Nikita Khrushchev was the third leader. The order went Lenin, Stalin, Malenkov, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov, Tikhonov, Chernenko, Gorbachev.
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Stalin, Kruschev, Kosygin, Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, Gorbachev.
Yuri Andropov Konstantin Chernenko
After Leonid Brezhnev's death in 1982, Yuri Andropov succeeded him as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Andropov's tenure was brief, lasting only until 1984 due to his ill health. He was followed by Konstantin Chernenko, who also had a short rule until his death in 1985, leading to Mikhail Gorbachev taking over as General Secretary. Gorbachev's policies of glasnost and perestroika would ultimately reshape the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and thus the leader of the USSR, in 1985.
Leonid Brezhnev was the leader of the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
Stalin Krushchev Brezhnev Gorbachev Yeltsin cant remember first names sorry (Leaders Of The USSR)
A return to Stalin's more restrictive policies, under Brezhnev's rule.
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Stalin, who was 44 when he became Gensek in 1922
He had 2 'famous' policies that reformed the Soviet Union. Glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring).