1984 Event Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as U.S.S.R. leader 1984 Death Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of Soviet Communist Party 1982 - 1984, dies at 69 1983 Event U.S.S.R. party leader Yuri Andropov elected president 1983 Event Soviet leader Andropov decreases nuclear weapons in Europe 1983 Event Yuri Andropov invites U.S. schoolgirl Samantha Smith to U.S.S.R. 1982 Event U.S.S.R. KGB-chief Yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as U.S.S.R. leader 1914 Birthday Yuri Andropov, Russian KGB chief/1st secretary
