Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev 19 December 1906 10 November 1982 was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the governing Communist Party 19641982 and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet 19601964 19771982 His 18year term as general secretary was second only to Joseph Stalins in duration While Brezhnevs rule was characterised by political stability and significant foreign policy successes it was also marked by corruption inefficiency economic stagnation and rapidly growing technological gaps with the West Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonid Brezhnev licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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