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Brezhnev

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Noun

1. brezhnev, leonid brezhnev, leonid ilyich brezhnev

Soviet statesman who became president of the Soviet Union (1906-1982)

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Brezhnev

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Leonid Ilyich (lɪaˈnit ˈilitʃ). 1906–82, Soviet statesman; president of the Soviet Union (1977–82); general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party (1964–82)

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Leonid I(lyich) (leɪɔˈnid ) ; lā^ōnēdˈ) 1906-82; general secretary of the Communist Party of the U.S.S.R. (1964-82)
name (1982-88) for Naberezhniye Chelny

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Brezhnev

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Soviet leader. He was instrumental in removing Khrushchev from power (1964) and served as general secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR (1964-1982). In 1968 he enunciated the Brezhnev Doctrine, which asserted that the USSR could intervene in any Warsaw Pact country in which the Communist government was threatened. Soviet adherence to this doctrine was evidenced by the invasions of Czechoslovakia (1968) and Afghanistan (1979).

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