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Birthday
December 19, 1906
Day of Death
1982-11-10
(75 years old)
Place of Birth
Kamenskoe, Yekaterinoslavskaya guberniya, Russian Empire
Also Known As
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
Леонид Ильич Брежнев
Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв
Леонид Брежнев
Леонід Брежнєв
Léonid Brejnev
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, born in Kamenskoe, Yekaterinoslav governorate, Russian Empire - Soviet statesman, politician and party figure who held the highest leadership position in the CPSU for 18 years (from 1964 until his death in 1982). First Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee in 1964-1966 and General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee from 1966 to 1982.
Marshal of the Soviet Union (1976). Four times Hero of the Soviet Union (1966, 1976, 1978, 1981), Hero of Socialist Labor (1961). Candidate member of the Presidium of the Central Committee (1952-1953; 1956-1957), Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1952-1953; 1956-1960, 1963-1964).
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