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e. Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev [b] [c] (19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) [4] 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. His 18-year term as ...
- Galina Brezhneva
Many rumors circulated in Soviet society about Brezhneva,...
- Yuri Andropov
Upon Brezhnev's death on 10 November 1982, Andropov...
- Awards and Decorations Received by Leonid Brezhnev
18 December 1981. "Heroic feats in service to the Soviet...
- Viktoria
Leonid and Viktoria Brezhnev as a young couple, 1926. She...
- Death and State Funeral of Leonid Brezhnev
On 10 November 1982, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, the third...
- Anastas Mikoyan
Leonid Brezhnev: Succeeded by: Nikolai Podgorny: First...
- Kamianske
Kamianske (Ukrainian: Кам'янське, IPA: [kɐmjɐnʲˈsʲkɛ] ⓘ),...
- Vasili Kuznetsov
Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич...
- Chairman of The Presidium of The Supreme Soviet
List of presidents. Of the eleven individuals appointed head...
- Galina Brezhneva
Immediate legacy. A Brezhnev plaque mounted on the wall of the University of Dneprodzerzhinsk. When Leonid Brezhnev died on 10 November 1982 Yuri Andropov was elected chairman of the committee in charge of managing his funeral. According to Time magazine Brezhnev's death was mourned by the majority of Soviet citizens. [3]
Leonid Illich Brezhnev (19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) [1] was a leader of the Soviet Union. Born in 1906, Brezhnev was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He was effectively the dictator of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982. During the Second World War, Brezhnev was a Political Commissar.
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Brezhnev Doctrine. The Brezhnev Doctrine was a Soviet foreign policy that proclaimed that any threat to "socialist rule" in any state of the Soviet Bloc in Central and Eastern Europe was a threat to all of them, and therefore, it justified the intervention of fellow socialist states. It was proclaimed in order to justify the Soviet-led ...
Metallurgical engineer, civil servant. Signature. Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev Леонид Брежнев; (January 1, 1907 – November 10, 1982) was the effective ruler of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, though at first in partnership with others. He was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, and was ...
