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About Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (Russian: Леони́д Ильи́ч Бре́жнев?·i, Leonid Il’ich Brezhnev; December 19 1906 [O.S. December 6, 1906] – November 10, 1982) was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (and thus political leader 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 May 7, 1960 to July 15, 1964 and from June 16, 1977 to his death on November 10, 1982.

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