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Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Historical Figure
Nationality: Soviet Union (born in Ukraine
Religion: Atheism
Date of Birth: 1906
Date of Death: 1982
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Occupation: Civil Engineer, Leader of the Soviet Union
Affiliations: Soviet Communist Party
Turtledove Appearances:
A World of Difference
POD: c 4,500,000,000 BCE;
Relevant POD: AD 1976
Type of Appearance: Posthumous reference
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (Russian, Леонид Ильич Брежнев) (1906–1982) was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (and thus political leader of the USSR) from 1964 to 1982, serving in that position longer than anyone other than Joseph Stalin.

Leonid Brezhnev in A World of Difference

Leonid Brezhnev, who'd died only two years before the Soviet mission to Minerva, was remembered for his distinctive eyebrows, which resembled those of Oleg Lopatin. Otherwise, he was not remembered kindly.

Political offices (OTL)
Preceded by
Kliment Voroshilov
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (Head of State)
1960–1964
Succeeded by
Anastas Mikoyan
Preceded by
Nikolai Podgorny
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
1977–1982
Succeeded by
Vasili Kuznetsov
Party political offices (OTL)
Preceded by
Nikita Khrushchev
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1964-1982
Succeeded by
Yuri Andropov
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