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.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)
| Born | 19 December 1906 |
| Died | 10 November 1982 |
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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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- L.I Brezhnev
- Леонид Брежнев
- Леонид Ильич Брежнев
- Leonid Ilích Brezhnev
- L. I. Brezhnev
- L. I Brezhnev
- Leonid Ilʹič Brežnev
- Leonid Il'ich Brezhnev
- Leonid Ilʼich Brezhnev
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Leonid Il'Ich Brezhnev
- Leonid Ilych Brezhnev
- Leonid Ilich Brezhnev
- Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
- Leonid I. Brezhnev
- Leonid Ilºich Brezhnev