Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Vladimir Antonovich Ivashko (Russian: Ukrainian: ) (28 October 1932 13 November 1994), was briefly the acting General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the period from August 24, 1991 to August 29, 1991. On August 24, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned, and on August 29 the CPSU was suspended by the USSR Supreme Soviet. Before becoming General Secretary he had been Gorbachev''s deputy within the Party, a newly created position as a result of the 28th Congress of the CPSU.