8 January 1985Nuclear PowerKonstantin Ustinovich Chernenko
Agrees with the USA to resume negotiations to reduce nuclear weapons
Historical records for Russia in 1985, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Agrees with the USA to resume negotiations to reduce nuclear weapons
Sends a letter to the US saying Star Wars will escalate the arms race
Russia announces that Chernenko is ill
Death of Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko, dies of emphysema age 73
The Politburo vote to appoint Gorbachev as Chernenkos successor. Appointed President of Russia. Appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party
1st at the politburo meeting to propose Gorbachev as a replacement for Chernenko
Appointed President of the Supreme Soviet
Supports the proposal for Gorbachev as a replacement for Chernenko
The Communist Party plenum ratify Gorbachevs succession
Burial of Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko, 3rd Russian leader buried in 2 1/2 yrs
Leads the funeral procession
Russia announces a unilateral freeze of medium-range nuclear missiles
Russia announces a unilateral freeze of medium-range nuclear missiles
Announces the suspension of the deployment of SS-20 missiles in Europe
Pravda calls Regans visit to Bitburg Nazi cemetry an "act of blasphemy"
Pravda calls Regans visit to Bitburg Nazi cemetry an "act of blasphemy"
Appointed Member of Politburo
Appointed Member of Politburo
Appointed Member of Politburo
Moves from Sverdlovsk to Moscow to head the Communist Party Central Committee construction department.
Rebel groups are active in and around Kabul, unleashing rocket attacks and conducting operations against the communist Government
The achievement marks recovery of salyut 7 as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Manually docks with the unresponsive Salyut 7 space station.
Vega 1 releases a balloon that drifts through Venus's cloud layer while measuring winds and atmospheric conditions.
Vega 2 deploys a second balloon into Venus's atmosphere, providing additional measurements of cloud-level circulation.
Appointed Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
Appointed Foreign Minister
Appointed President of Russia
Becomes a Central Committee secretary responsible for construction policy.
Appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, Head of State
Announces a unilateral Soviet moratorium on nuclear testing.
Appointed Prime Minister of Russia, Chairman of the Council of Minister
Death of Yul Brynner
1st meets President Reagan, later describes him as a "political dinosaur"
Russia & the US agree "nuclear war cannot be won". Russia & the US agree not to "achieve military superiority". Meets President Reagan to speed up arms control & renew cultural relations
Meets Reagan to discuss arms control
Russia & the USA agree "nuclear war cannot be won". Russia & the USA agree not to "achieve military superiority". Meets Reagan to discuss arms control
Russia & the USA agree "nuclear war cannot be won"
Takes control of the Moscow City Communist Party Committee and begins a highly visible campaign against bureaucratic privilege.
Appointed Chairman of the Commission on Legislative Proposals for the USSR Soviet
Appointed Head of the Dept of the defence industry of the Party Central Committee
Reduces vodka production by 60% & increases its price by 200% by 6 months in office
Appointed First Secretary of Kirov
Assigned to recruit spies in Dresden, East Germany
From 1985 to 1990 the KGB stationed Putin in Dresden, East Germany
Appointed Minister of Gas
Becomes First Secretary of the Moscow City Communist Party Committee in December.
Appointed President of Russia, 3rd term, acting
Appointed Secretary of the Central Committee
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