 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Apo Alexei Kosygin akasiya basa muna 1980 Tikhonov, pazera ramakore 75, akasarudzwa kuva Sachigaro mutsva weDare reMakurukota. Mukati memakore ake mashanu samutungamiri wehurumende Tikhonov akaramba kuchinja upfumi hweSoviet, pasinei nokuti nhamba dzose dzenguva iyoyo dzairatidza kuti upfumi hwakanga huri kumira. Tikhonov akapa Gadziriro yegumi nerimwe yegore rechishanu 198185 kuCongress ye26 yeParty, uye akaudza nhume kuti hurumende yaizogovera mamiriyoni mapfumbamwe emaRubles nokuda kwavanaamai vakanga vachitsvaka zororo revabereki. Mukutaura kwake kukongiresi, Tikhonov akabvuma kuti kurima kweSoviet kwakanga kusiri kubudisa zviyo zvakakwana. Tikhonov akadaidzira kuvandudzwa kwehukama hweSoviet neUS, asi akaramba fungidziro dzose dzokuti hupfumi hweSoviet hwaive mune chero rudzi rwechinetso. Pasinei neizvi, Tikhonov akabvuma kushomeka kwezvoupfumi uye akabvuma chinetso chezvokudya chiripo; dzimwe nyaya dzokukurukurirana dzaiva kudiwa kwokuchengetedza simba, kuwedzera kubudirira kwebasa uye kuvandudza unhu hwezvinhu zvinogadzirwa neSoviet. Pakutanga kwenguva yake, muna January 1981, Tikhonov akabvuma kuti mutemo wehurumende wechiverengero chavanhu wakanga uri mumwe weminda isina kusimba yehurumende yake. Zvisinei, chaizvoizvo, iye, pamwe chete navamwe vakawanda, vakanga vava kutanga kunetseka kuti vaRussia vakanga vasiri kuberekwa zvakakwana. Nguva Yokusagadzikana yakaderedza mwero wekuzvarwa, uye yakawedzera mwero wekufa wevagari veRussia. 