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Brezhnev Elected To Podgorny Seat In Kremlin Shakeup
In Moscow the Supreme Soviet unanimously relieved Nikolai Podgorny as president and elected Leonid Brezhnev chief of state. Brezhnev praised party and nation while Podgorny’s fate followed a rapid, undisputed transition. Podgorny had not appeared publicly since May.
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Brezhnev
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Soviet Union
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikolai Podgorny
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
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Alexei Kosygin
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