Brezhnev

Brezhnev
biographical name Leonid Ilyich 1906-1982 Russian politician; president of U.S.S.R. (1960-64; 1977-82); 1st secretary of Communist party (1964-82)

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  • Brezhnev — Brezhnev1 [brezh′nef, brezh′nev] Leonid I(lyich) [lā ō̂ nēd′] 1906 82; general secretary of the Communist Party of the U.S.S.R. (1964 82) Brezhnev2 [brezh′nef, brezhnev] (1982 88) for NABEREZHNIYE CHELNY …   English World dictionary

  • Brezhnev — noun Soviet statesman who became president of the Soviet Union (1906 1982) • Syn: ↑Leonid Brezhnev, ↑Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev • Instance Hypernyms: ↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader …   Useful english dictionary

  • Brezhnev — n. Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1906 1982), Soviet statesman; family name …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Brézhnev (desambiguación) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Leonid Brézhnev o Brézhnev may refer to: Leonid Ilich Brézhnev (1906 – 1982), líder político de la Unión Soviética; Brezhnev (banda) banda de punk rock hardcore de Ámsterdam, activa entre 1988 y 2003. Obtenido de… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Brezhnev, Leonid Ilich — ▪ president of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics born Dec. 19, 1906, Kamenskoye, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine] died Nov. 10, 1982, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.       Soviet statesman and Communist Party (Communist Party of …   Universalium

  • Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich — (1906–1982)    Politician. Born the son of a steelworker in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine, Leonid Brezhnev enjoyed the upward mobility provided to working class youth in the early Soviet period. He began a career in metallurgy, and after nearly a… …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

  • Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich — (1911–1982)    As Nikita Khrushchev’s deputy and later as general secretary of the Communist Party from 1964 until his death in 1982, Brezhnev artfully used the KGB to secure his position. In the end, however, the KGB brought him down and… …   Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence

  • Brezhnev stagnation — Period of stagnation ( ru. застой, transliterated zastoy ), also known as Brezhnevian Stagnation, the Stagnation Period, or the Era of Stagnation ( ru. Эпоха застоя, Период застоя), refers to a period of socio economic slowdown in the history of… …   Wikipedia

  • Brezhnev (disambiguation) — Leonid Brezhnev or Brezhnev may refer to: * Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1906 – 1982), ruler of the Soviet Union * M/S Leonid Brezhnev , a cruiseferry formerly known as M/S Karelya * Naberezhnye Chelny was renamed Brezhnev between 1982 and 1988, in… …   Wikipedia

  • Brezhnev Doctrine — The Brezhnev Doctrine was a Soviet foreign policy, first and most clearly outlined by S. Kovalev in a September 26, 1968 Pravda article, entitled “Sovereignty and the International Obligations of Socialist Countries.” Leonid Brezhnev reiterated… …   Wikipedia

  • Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich — (1906–1982)    Brezhnev was a crucial figure in the leadership of the Soviet Union from 1964 when he became first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, until his death in 1982, and was the central figure in the Soviet leadership… …   Historical dictionary of Marxism

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