The World - News from March 27, 1985
The Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation opened the first meeting of its 11th session with a minute of silence for the late President Konstantin U. Chernenko. The opening session of the Parliament was attended by the new Soviet leader, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who received a standing ovation but did not speak, the Soviet news agency Tass reported. Vitaly I. Vorotnikov, a member of the Politburo, was reappointed premier of the Russian Federation, one of 15 Soviet republics.
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