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Soviet unopposed election in 1966 USSR portrayed as patriotic process
Soviet voters began voting for a single slate led by Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin for the Supreme Soviet. Voters in far eastern towns cast ballots as the Communist party noted the election is a rubber stamp with no opposition. The new Parliament will meet briefly twice yearly to approve largely party-written legislation.
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Joan Weyland
Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Breshnev
Alexi N. Kosygin
Supreme Soviet
Chuekcha Eskimos
Uelen
Bering Straits
Alaska
Petropavlovsk
Kamchatsky
Vladivostok
Khabarovsk
Soviet of Nationallies
Soviet of the Union
U.S. Senate
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Kosygin
Kremlin