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Bookmark or Share- Leonid Brezhnev | Biography, Cold War, & Facts | BritannicaLeonid Brezhnev (born December 19, 1906, Kamenskoye, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine]—died November 10, 1982, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a Soviet statesman and Communist Party official who was, in effect, the leader of the Soviet Union for 18 years.
- Leonid Brezhnev - WikipediaLeonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) 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 (head of state) from 1960 to 1964 and again from 1977 to 1982.
- Leonid Brezhnev - WikiwandLeonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) 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 (head of state) from 1960 to 1964 and again from 1977 to 1982.
- Leonid Brezhnev summary | BritannicaLeonid Brezhnev, (born Dec. 19, 1906, Kamenskoye, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died Nov. 10, 1982, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Soviet leader. He worked as an engineer and director of a technical school in Ukraine and held local posts in the Communist Party, becoming regional party secretary in 1939.
- Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev | Encyclopedia.comDied: November 10, 1982. Moscow, Russia. Russian political leader and general secretary. Leonid Brezhnev held a number of important government posts in the former Soviet Union, and was the best known of a three-man committee that held power there from 1964 until his death in 1982.
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