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...memory of Brezhnev, Moscow Party Boss Viktor Grishin made his way to the podium. "Comrade Deputies," he began as a hush came over the huge hall, "the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ... proposes the election of General Secretary Comrade Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet." The Deputies burst into perfunctory applause. Onlookers in the gallery turned to each other to make sure they had heard the word "Presidium" rather than "presidency." They had. Andropov had been nominated for the 40-member ruling Presidium of the Supreme Soviet...
...easier to interpret will be the choice of a new President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, a.government post that Brezhnev held concurrently with that of Party General Secretary for the last five years of his life. Although the presidency is largely a ceremonial position, it does confer an aura of importance on the man who fills it. Speculation in Moscow last week centered on Chernenko or Tikhonov for the presidency if Andropov does not aspire to it himself. Andropov's behind-the-scenes maneuvering should keep him fully occupied as he moves to consolidate his power. Meanwhile...
...follows the lead of his predecessors, Andropov may also go after a post in the government. Brezhnev assumed the job of President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet in 1977, thus becoming titular head of state. Both Stalin and Khrushchev held the post of Premier or Chairman of the Council of Ministers...
Only the next morning, at exactly 11, did Soviet radio and TV simultaneously broadcast the formal announcement: "The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the Presidium of the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet and the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. inform with deep sorrow the party and the entire Soviet people that Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee and President of the Presidium of the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet, died a sudden death...
...personally ran afoul of Brezhnev, most Soviet top officials did not resign; they died in office. Now Andropov will have to start replacing as many as 6,000 top officials in every important governing institution in the country, including the Politburo, the Secretariat of the Central Committee, the Presidium of the Council of Ministers, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...