Andrei Pavlovich Kirilenko (September 8, 1906 - May 12, 1990) was a leading official of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in the 1970s and early 1980s among the few serving on both the Politburo and Secretariat of the Central Committee of the CPSU. September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за = КПСС) was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party from 1952 to 1991, but the wording Communist Party was present in the partys name since 1918 when the Bolsheviks became the All... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... MacGyver - 1980s hero The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... The Politburo (in Russian: Политбюро), known as the Presidium from 1952 to 1966, functioned as the central policymaking and governing body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. ... The Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee was a key body within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and was responsible for the central administration of the party as opposed to drafting government policy which was usually handled by the Politburo. ... The Central Committee, abbreviated in Russian as ЦК, Tseka, was the highest body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). ...

He was for a while positioned as a potential successor to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, although he was a few months older than Brezhnev. However, by the time of Brezhnev's death, his longer-term protege Konstantin Chernenko had reached sufficient prominence, and the defection to Britain of a relative of Kirilenko's contributed to Kirilenko's forced retirement (decided before but announced after Brezhnev's death in November 1982). Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (Russian: ; December 19 [O.S. January 1 1907] 1906 – November 10, 1982) was the effective ruler of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, though at first in partnership with others. ... Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko (Russian: ) (September 24, 1911 – March 10, 1985) was a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the CPSU who led the Soviet Union from February 13, 1984 until his death just thirteen months later. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Prior to joining the national leadership he had been Communist Party secretary for the Dnepropetrovsk and then the Sverdlovsk region. In the Secretariat he shared responsibility for ideology with Mikhail Suslov. REDIRECT Dnipropetrovsk ... Photograph of snow-covered Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburgs Church on the Blood, built on the spot where the Tsar and his family were murdered. ... Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov (November 21, 1902 - January 25, 1982) was a member of the Politburo and Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, having joined the party in 1921. ...