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Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko. appeared to the outside world as a commonplace Russian bureaucrat cut from the mould of a Gogol short story, was elevated in 1984 to the post of general secretary of the Communist party of the Soviet Union. The work delves into archival materials never before reported in either the East or West
List of contents
Preface, Prologue: In Retrospect, 1. Rising over the Abyss, 2. In Moscow: “Ever Ready”, 3. Lessons of Political Maneuvering, 4. The Party Boss, 5. The Struggle for Succession, 6. Leader for the Meanwhile, 7. The Brezhnev Era Replayed, 8. The Future Can Be Known from the Past, Bibliography, Glossary, Annotated Index
About the author
Ilya Zemtsov was born in the Baku region of Russia. He holds advanced graduate de-grees in philosophy and sociology. Prior to his departure from Russia in 1973, he was a member of the executive board of the Soviet Sociological Association, and di-rector of the department of social science at institutes of higher education in his -native Baku and in Yaroslav. After his emi-gration to Israel, he was a professor at the Hebrew University. Presently, he is the di-rector of the International Research Cen-ter on Contemporary Society, and editor in chief of Crossroads, a quarterly journal issued in England. He has authored sev-eral books on Soviet society and polity, including a major study of Gorbachev pub-lished earlier this year by Transaction. Dr. Zemtsov is a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Summary
Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko. appeared to the outside world as a commonplace Russian bureaucrat cut from the mould of a Gogol short story, was elevated in 1984 to the post of general secretary of the Communist party of the Soviet Union. The work delves into archival materials never before reported in either the East or West
