Konstantin Chernenko Professions : Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Born : September 24, 1911 Died : March 10, 1985 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Konstantin Chernenko Washington's adventuristic policy, whipping up international tension to the utmost, is pushing mankind towards nuclear catastrophe. Konstantin Chernenko nuclear pushing war As a great socialist power the Soviet Union is fully aware of its responsibility to the peoples for preserving and strengthening peace. We are open to peaceful, mutually beneficial cooperation with states on all continents. We are for the peaceful settlement of all disputable international problems through serious, equal, and constructive talks. Konstantin Chernenko unions peaceful responsibility The Soviet Union has long been proposing to outlaw chemical weapons, to remove them from the arsenals of states. We are prepared for resolution of this problem either on a global basis or piece by piece. As one of the first steps the USSR and the other socialist countries proposed in January 1984 that agreement be reached on ridding Europe of all types of chemical weapons. Konstantin Chernenko socialist-countries agreement country Similar Authors Mikhail Gorbachev former-general-secretary-of-the-communist-party-of-the-soviet-union Nikita Khrushchev former-general-secretary-of-the-communist-party-of-the-soviet-union All Authors