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Jovial but Ruthless Brezhnev Rules Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev, a long serving Soviet leader, rose from modest origins to top posts, deposing Khrushchev in 1964 and becoming party secretary then president. He blended charm with hard line doctrine, signed SALT II, intervened in Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, and steered détente while maintaining control through a 18 hour workday and heavy drinking.
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Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Josef Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
United States
Brezhnev
Afghanistan
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
Poland
Kremlin
Khrushchev
France
West
Richard Nixon
Vienna
Jimmy Carter
Bonn
Helmut Schmidt
Nixon
Russia
Young Communist League
Ukraine
Kazakhstan
Black Sea
Stalin
Supreme Soviet
Presidium
Anastas Mikoyan
Central Committee
Alexei Kosygin
Khrushchevy
Nikolai Podgorny
Kosygin
Podgorny