- Led Soviet Union from 1964-1982
- Many think this a period of deterioration for USSR due to party "apparatchiks" left over from the Stalin regime wanted to return to the status quo
- Made famous the Brezhnev doctrine:
- "It was the right and duty of fraternal socialist countries to intervene in each others affairs when the socialism was threatened"
- He makes this while intervening Czech. in 1968
Summary
Leonid Brezhnev came into power in 1964. During his reign, he developed such things as the Brezhnev doctrine which allowed socialist countries to intervene in each others affairs.
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Questions?
What differences would there have been in Russia if Brezhnev never came into power?
Quotes
We should not pour muck on ourselves.-Leonid Brezhnev