Leonid Brezhnev was the third General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Who succeeded him when he died of a heart attack?
Correct answer: B. Yuri Andropov
- A. Nikita Khrushchev
- B. Yuri Andropov
- C. Konstantin Chernenko
- D. Mikhail Gorbachev
Explanation
Yuri Andropov succeeded Leonid Brezhnev as Soviet leader in November 1982 after Brezhnev's death. Konstantin Chernenko followed Andropov, while Gorbachev became leader in 1985.
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