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Andropov Moves Closer To Soviet Presidency
Soviet Parliament moves toward naming Yuri Andropov president as he is elected to the Presidium, consolidating power after Brezhnev's death. Konstantin Chernenko and Andrei Gromyko are not on the Presidium. analysts expect Andropov to win easily as the party backed choice. Brezhnev's death sparked consolidation among top leaders amid Western missile tensions.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Yuri V. Andropov
Andropov
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Supreme Soviet
Party Central Committee
KGB Secret Police
Brezhnev
Konstantin A. Chernenko
Viktor V. Grishin
Vladimir V. Shcherbitsky
Leningrad
Gregori V. Romanov
Dinmukhamed Kunayev
Kazakhstan