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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a moderate [[Russia|Soviet]] politician who succeeded [[Konstantin Chernenko]] as the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] after his death in [[1985]]. His tenure saw the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] on [[9 November]] [[1989]] and the collapse of the [[Russia|Soviet Union]] in the early [[1990s]]. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a moderate [[Russia|Soviet]] politician who succeeded [[Konstantin Chernenko]] as the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] after his death in [[1985]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'') | ||
During the late [[1980s]], he instigated reform within the Soviet Union through the policies of "{{w|glasnost}}" and "{{w|perestroika}}". ([[BFA]]: ''[[Thin Ice (audio story)|Thin Ice]]'') | |||
His tenure saw the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] on [[9 November]] [[1989]] and the collapse of the [[Russia|Soviet Union]] in the early [[1990s]]. | |||
In an [[Alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] created by the [[Great Old One|Elder Gods]] in the hope of destroying [[Earth]], Chernenko was succeeded by the militant hardliner [[Vladimir Khrushgov]] rather than Gorbachev. This ultimately led to the outbreak of [[World War III]] on [[9 November]] [[1989]] between the Soviet Union on the one hand and the [[United States of America|United States]] and its allies including the [[United Kingdom]] on the other hand. Given that [[nuclear weapon]]s were used by both sides, hundreds of millions of people were killed in the conflict. This timeline was ultimately negated by the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'') | In an [[Alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] created by the [[Great Old One|Elder Gods]] in the hope of destroying [[Earth]], Chernenko was succeeded by the militant hardliner [[Vladimir Khrushgov]] rather than Gorbachev. This ultimately led to the outbreak of [[World War III]] on [[9 November]] [[1989]] between the Soviet Union on the one hand and the [[United States of America|United States]] and its allies including the [[United Kingdom]] on the other hand. Given that [[nuclear weapon]]s were used by both sides, hundreds of millions of people were killed in the conflict. This timeline was ultimately negated by the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'') | ||
