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{{Infobox politician|nationality=Ukrainian|birth_place=Kamenskoye, [[Russian Empire]]|birth_date=19 December 1906|death_date=10 November 1982|death_place=Zarechye, [[RSFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|native_name=Леонід Брежнєв|death_cause=Heart attack|image=Brezhnev.png}} | {{Infobox politician|nationality=Ukrainian|political_orientation=[[Marxism–Leninism]]|birth_place=Kamenskoye, [[Russian Empire]]|birth_date=19 December 1906|death_date=10 November 1982|death_place=Zarechye, [[RSFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|native_name=Леонід Брежнєв|death_cause=Heart attack|image=Brezhnev.png}} | ||
'''Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev''' (19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician and [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|General Secretary of the CPSU]] from 1964 to 1982. He occupied a middle ideological position between [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] and [[Nikita Khrushchev|Khrushchev]]. Although he reversed some of Khrushchev's [[Revisionism|revisionist]] policies, he maintained some of them and was also responsible for nepotism and [[corruption]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny|year=2010|title=Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union|chapter=Two Trends in Soviet Politics|page=41–45|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceaj5ucph44bjwyhlhsbycckr3ts76zbucn2hbrea32tltcd4s5ekg?filename=Roger%20Keeran_%20Thomas%20Kenny%20-%20Socialism%20Betrayed_%20Behind%20the%20Collapse%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union-iUniverse.com%20%282010%29.pdf|publisher=iUniverse.com|isbn=9781450241717}}</ref> | '''Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev''' (19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician and [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|General Secretary of the CPSU]] from 1964 to 1982. He occupied a middle ideological position between [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] and [[Nikita Khrushchev|Khrushchev]]. Although he reversed some of Khrushchev's [[Revisionism|revisionist]] policies, he maintained some of them and was also responsible for nepotism and [[corruption]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny|year=2010|title=Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union|chapter=Two Trends in Soviet Politics|page=41–45|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceaj5ucph44bjwyhlhsbycckr3ts76zbucn2hbrea32tltcd4s5ekg?filename=Roger%20Keeran_%20Thomas%20Kenny%20-%20Socialism%20Betrayed_%20Behind%20the%20Collapse%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union-iUniverse.com%20%282010%29.pdf|publisher=iUniverse.com|isbn=9781450241717}}</ref> | ||
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Leonid Brezhnev Леонід Брежнєв | |
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| Born | 19 December 1906 Kamenskoye, Russian Empire |
| Died | 10 November 1982 Zarechye, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political orientation | Marxism–Leninism |
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the CPSU from 1964 to 1982. He occupied a middle ideological position between Stalin and Khrushchev. Although he reversed some of Khrushchev's revisionist policies, he maintained some of them and was also responsible for nepotism and corruption.[1]
Domestic policy
Brezhnev reintroduced central economic planning to the Soviet economy and revoked Khrushchev's policy that a third of party officials had to be replaced at every election.[1]
Foreign policy
Brezhnev aided Cuba and the socialist countries of the Eastern Bloc. He supported revolutionary movements in the Third World and the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny (2010). Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union: 'Two Trends in Soviet Politics' (pp. 41–45). [PDF] iUniverse.com. ISBN 9781450241717