Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev 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 between 1960 and 1964 and again between 1977 and 1982. His 18-year term as General Secretary was second only to Joseph Stalin's in duration. To this day, the quality of Brezhnev's tenure as General Secretary remains debated by historians. While his rule was characterized by political stability and significant foreign policy successes, it was also marked by corruption, inefficiency, economic stagnation, and rapidly growing technological gaps with the West.
Leonid Ilʹich Brezhnev
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)
Born | 19 December 1906 |
Died | 10 November 1982 |
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Leonid Ilʹich Brezhnev
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)
Born | 19 December 1906 |
Died | 10 November 1982 |
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Foreign relations, Politics and government, Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za, Party work, Communism, History, Biography, Kommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uza, Agriculture and state, Economic conditions, Visits of state, World politics, Congresses, Economic policy, Heads of state, World War, 1939-1945, Vsesoi︠u︡znyĭ leninskiĭ kommunisticheskiĭ soi︠u︡z molodezhi, Labor unions, Peace, Relations, Russia, Social conditions, Agriculture, Anniversaries, Novorossiĭsk, Battle of, Novorossiĭsk, Russia, 1943Places
Soviet Union, Russia, Kazakhstan, Germany (West), Bulgaria, France, Russia (Federation), Tula, Ukraine, Zaporizʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine), Czechoslovakia, Afghanistan, Armenia (Republic), Cuba, Developing countries, Eastern Front, Europe, Finland, Georgia (Republic), Germany (East), India, Moscow, Poland, Russia Tula, Russian RepublicPeople
Leonid Ilʹich Brezhnev (1906-1982), Leonid Ilʹich Brezhnev (1906-), Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin (1870-1924), Amílcar Cabral (1921-1973), Leonid Ilʹich Brezhnev (1906), Urho Kekkonen (1900-)Time
1953-1985, 1953-1975, 1945-1991, 1953-, 1965-1975, 1975-, 1945-, 1975-1985, Revolution, 1917-1921, 1976-1980, 1917-1928, 1965-, 1971-1975, 1917-1945, 1939-1945, 1945-1989, 1953, 1955-1965, 1959-, 1959-1965, 1966-, 1966-1970, 1970-, 1971-, 1973-1989ID Numbers
- OLID: OL215330A
- ISNI: 0000000000937478
- VIAF: 42034622
- Wikidata: Q765165
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q765165
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Alternative names
- L.I Brezhnev
- Леонид Брежнев
- Леонид Ильич Брежнев
June 8, 2023 | Edited by Сергей Малышев | Edited without comment. |
June 8, 2023 | Edited by Сергей Малышев | Edited without comment. |
June 8, 2023 | Edited by Сергей Малышев | Added new photo |
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