Leonid Brezhnev

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Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev - November 10, 1982) was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (and thus de facto ruler of the USSR) from 1964 to 1982, serving in that position longer than anyone other than Joseph Stalin. He was twice Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state), from 1960 to 1964 and from 1977 to 1982. Wikipedia
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Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
Born:
December 19, 1906
Died:
November 10, 1982
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    Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, leader of one of the two most powerful nations in the world, was born to Russian parents in the Ukrainian mining town of Kamensk in 1906.
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    ...and Socialism A collection of Leonid Breznevs speeches from 1973 identifier: OurSoursePeaceandSocialism title: Our Sourse: Peace and Socialism title: Our Sourse: Peace and Socialism ...
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    By the niece of Leonid Brezhnev - The stirring true story of one woman's world of privilege, persecution, and secrets -- told with passionate intensity and an acute sense of history.
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    Brezhnev was born in Ukraine in December 1906 to a steelworking family. Like many of the youth of the era following the Russian Revolution, he was given a technical education, first in land management and then in metallurgy. He entered the iron and stee
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    Leonid Brezhnev was trained as a metallurgist. He was active in the Communist Party and, during World War II, he served as a political officer, rising to the rank of Brigadier General. He rose within the party to become a member of the Politburo. After
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    Although sharing power with Alexei Kosygin , Brezhnev emerged as the chief figure in Soviet politics. In 1968, in support of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, he enunciated the "Brezhnev doctrine," asserting that the USSR could intervene in the dome
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    Not What You Meant? There are 27 definitions for Leonid . Also try: Leonid or Brezhnev . ... The Soviet political leader Leonid IIich Brezhnev (1906-1982) held a number of important government posts and was a major figure in the post-Stalin era. Leo
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  • Leonid Brezhnev

    Leonid Brezhnev , the son of a steelworker, was born in Kamenskoye, in the Soviet Union in 1906. He joined the Komsomol (Communist Youth Organization) in 1923 and trained as an agricultural surveyor. In 1931 Brezhnev joined the Communist Party (CPSU).
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