Dear comrades, All of us, our entire party and country have suffered a heavy grief. Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko, a loyal Leninist, an outstanding figure of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Soviet State, the international communist movement, a man of sensitive soul and great organizational talent, has passed away. Konstantin Ustinovich passed a long and glorious way. At each site assigned to him by the party, his talent and ability to work with people were revealed more and more fully. As General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko devoted all his strength and knowledge to the development of the country's economy, the growth of the welfare and culture of the people, ensuring the security of the Motherland, preserving and consolidating peace on earth. Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko saw the unity of the Communist Party and the collective nature of the Central Committee and its Politburo as the apple of his eye. He always sought to ensure that the party at all levels acted as a cohesive, well-coordinated and militant organism. In the unity of the Communists ' thoughts and actions, he saw the guarantee of success, overcoming shortcomings, and making steady progress. The strategic line developed at the XXVI Congress and subsequent plenums of the Central Committee with the active participation of Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov and Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko was and remains unchanged. This is a line aimed at accelerating the country's socio-economic development and improving all aspects of society's life. We are talking about transforming the material and technical base of production. We are talking about improving the system of social relations, especially economic ones. We are also talking about the development of the person himself, about the qualitative improvement of the material conditions of his life and work, his spiritual appearance. We wil ... Читать далее