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| 1983, Jan | |
| Andropov, party leader of the Soviet Communist Party, was elected chairman of the Supreme Soviet Presidium. | 1 |
| 1984, Feb | |
| Death of Yuri Andropov. Konstantin Chernenko was elected to succeed Andropov as party leader (Feb. 13). | 2 |
| May 8 | |
| The Soviets boycotted the Olympic games in the U.S. in retaliation for the 1980 boycott of the games held in Moscow. | 3 |
| Oct. 1 | |
| The section of the Transbaikal-Amur Railway from Lena to the Pacific was opened. | 4 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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