Leonid Ilich Brezhnev
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Communism, Communists, Cold War
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
Article abstract: Brezhnev directed the Soviet Union for nearly two decades (1964-1982). His administrative record as party chief and head of government was characterized by emphasis on continuity and the status quo in domestic policy, an increase in military strength, and a mixture in foreign policy of cautious adventurism, arms control agreements with the United States, and military intervention in two neighboring states.
Early Life
Leonid Ilich Brezhnev was born in Kamenskoye (now Dneprodzerzhinsk), Ukraine, on December 19, 1906. Of ethnic Russian...
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