Leonid Brezhnev

Birthday: 12/19/1906
Deathday: 11/10/1982
Place of birth: Kamianske, Ukraine
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, Леонид Ильич Брежнев, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, Леонид Брежнев, Леонід Брежнєв, Léonid Brejnev

Biography

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the governing Communist Party (1964–1982) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1960–1964, 1977–1982). His 18-year term as general secretary was second only to Joseph Stalin's in duration. While Brezhnev's rule was characterised by political stability and significant foreign policy successes, it was also marked by corruption, inefficiency, economic stagnation, and rapidly growing technological gaps with the West. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonid Brezhnev, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.