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Leonid Brezhnev was the builder of militarily the most powerful country of the world that USSR is today - a fact that even its adversary, the United States of America acknowledges.
Leonid Brezhnev (born December 19, 1906, Kamenskoye, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine]—died November 10, 1982, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a Soviet statesman and Communist Party official who was, in effect, the leader of the Soviet Union for 18 years.
Leonid Brezhnev, (born Dec. 19, 1906, Kamenskoye, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died Nov. 10, 1982, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Soviet leader. He worked as an engineer and director of a technical school in Ukraine and held local posts in the Communist Party, becoming regional party secretary in 1939.
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982, and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 1960 to 1964 and again from 1977 to 1982.
Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982) was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982. His leadership ushered in the Cold War period of Détente.
Leonid Brezhnev was the leader of the CPSU from 1964 until his death in 1982, whose eighteen-year tenure has been recognized for developing the most powerful military, [1] and for social and economic stagnation in the late Soviet Union.
He led the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War at a time when the two super-powers seemed to be almost equally matched militarily. Brezhnev's policies enabled the consolidation of the Soviet Union's hold on East Europe.
Modern World History > The Cold War > Leonid Brezhnev. Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was a politician who was General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for 18 years. During his tenure, he was seen as an extreme communist who helped block Kosygin’s reforming politics.
May 29, 1972 · WHEN Leonid Brezhnev replaced Nikita Khrushchev in Russia's top job eight years ago, Kremlinologists tended to agree that the obscure new First Secretary of the Communist Party was just...
