"When he [Brezhnev] succeeded Khrushchev, he was still a vigorous politician who expected to make the Party and government work more effectively...But his General Secretaryship had turned into a ceremonial reign that had brought communism into its deepest contempt since 1917."
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Heads of stateGeneral Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionPeople of the Cold WarCommunist Party of the Soviet Union membersLenin Peace Prize recipients
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Robert Service, History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century. Penguin Books Ltd, 2009.
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Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906 â 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the governing Communist Party (1964â1982) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1960â1964, 1977â1982). His 18-year term as general secretary was second only to Joseph Stalin's in duration.
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