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Leonid Brezhnev

Soviet politician and General Secretary who led the USSR during a significant period of the Cold War.

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Leonid Brezhnev is best known for Leading the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1964 to 1982, shaping Cold War policies. On Dead or Alive, Leonid Brezhnev is listed in the World Leaders of the 80s category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Leonid Brezhnev is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Leading the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1964 to 1982, shaping Cold War policies.
Listed under: World Leaders of the 80s

About Leonid Brezhnev

He also held office as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 1960 to 1964 and later from 1977 to 1982. His tenure as General Secretary was second only to Joseph Stalin's in duration. After the October Revolution created the Soviet Union, he joined the ruling Communist party's youth league in 1923 before becoming an official party member in 1929. When Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, he joined the Red Army as a commissar and rose rapidly through the ranks to become a major general during World War II. After the war ended, Brezhnev was promoted to the party's Central Committee in 1952 and became a full member of the Politburo by 1957. In 1964, he took part in the removal of Nikita Khrushchev as leader of the Soviet Union and replaced him as First Secretary of the CPSU. When Khrushchev was ousted, Brezhnev formed a triumvirate alongside Premier Alexei Kosygin and CC Secretary Nikolai Podgorny that initially led the country in Khrushchev's place. By the end of the 1960s, he had successfully consolidated power to become the dominant figure within the Soviet leadership. In the short term, Brezhnev's governance improved the Soviet Union's international standing while stabilizing the position of its ruling party at home.

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