Leonid Brezhnev

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Soviet politician communist head of state human

Leonid Brezhnev was a long-serving Soviet leader whose tenure from the mid-1960s to early 1980s was marked by political stability, military buildup, and economic stagnation often referred to as the “Era of Stagnation.”

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Label	Occurrences
Leonid Brezhnev canonical	61
Brezhnev era	8
Brezhnev	3
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev	3
Leonid Brezhnev administration	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet politician ⓘ communist ⓘ head of state ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Hero of Socialist Labour ⓘ Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ Lenin Peace Prize ⓘ Order of Lenin ⓘ Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
burialPlace	Kremlin Wall Necropolis ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
child	Galina Brezhneva ⓘ Yuri Brezhnev ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Union ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1906-12-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1982-11-10 ⓘ
educatedAt	Dniprodzerzhynsk Metallurgical Technicum ⓘ Kursk Institute of Land Management ⓘ
era	Brezhnev era ⓘ Brezhnev stagnation ⓘ surface form: Era of Stagnation
ethnicGroup	Ukrainian ⓘ
familyName	Leonid Brezhnev self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Brezhnev
fullName	Leonid Brezhnev self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
givenName	Leonid ⓘ
implementedPolicy	Brezhnev Doctrine ⓘ
knownFor	economic stagnation in the 1970s ⓘ long tenure as de facto leader of the Soviet Union ⓘ military buildup of the Soviet Union ⓘ policy of détente with the West ⓘ
memberOf	Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
militaryRank	Marshal of the Soviet Union ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Russian ⓘ
notableWork	memoirs trilogy about his wartime experiences ⓘ
officeEnd	1982-11-10 ⓘ
officeStart	1964-10-14 ⓘ
patronymicName	Ilyich ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Dnipro ⓘ surface form: Kamyanske Russian Empire ⓘ Yekaterinoslav Governorate ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Moscow ⓘ Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Union ⓘ
politicalIdeology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ communism ⓘ
positionHeld	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ⓘ Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the Moldavian SSR ⓘ First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan ⓘ First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia ⓘ First Secretary of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine ⓘ General Secretary of the Communist Party ⓘ surface form: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
predecessor	Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
religion	atheism ⓘ
residence	Moscow ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Viktoria Brezhneva ⓘ
successor	Yuri Andropov ⓘ

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subject surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

General Secretary of the Communist Party → significantPeriod → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

subject surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

this entity surface form: Brezhnev era

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Kremlin Wall Necropolis → notableBurial → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

White House Years → portrays → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Years of Renewal → aboutPerson → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

SALT I → signedBy → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

SALT I → SovietLeaderDuringNegotiation → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Soviet military officers → notableMember → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union → namedAfter → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty → signedBy → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Brezhnev stagnation → leaderInPower → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

SALT II → signedBy → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

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Leonid Brezhnev → fullName → Leonid Brezhnev self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev → familyName → Leonid Brezhnev self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brezhnev

Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union → notableGeneralSecretariesAssociated → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Nikita Khrushchev → succeededBy → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Soviet–Afghan War → notableCommander → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Hero of the Soviet Union → notableRecipient → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

United States–Soviet Union relations → notableLeaderUSSR → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Nikolai Tikhonov → servedUnder → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Anastas Mikoyan → closeTo → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR → officeHolder → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Marshal of the Soviet Union → notableHolder → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Brezhnev Doctrine → namedAfter → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Brezhnev Doctrine → formulatedBy → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

SALT I Interim Agreement → signedBy → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Soviet period → headOfState → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Dniprodzerzhynsk Metallurgical Technicum → notableAlumnus → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Viktoria Brezhneva → spouse → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Galina Brezhneva → father → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Leonid Brezhnev administration

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Todor Zhivkov → alliedWith → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Yuri Brezhnev → father → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Yuri Brezhnev → notableFamilyMember → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet → notableOfficeHolder → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Soviet of Nationalities → historicalPeriod → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brezhnev era

the Soviet Union was committed to expanding its influence → leader → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

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Leonid → familyName → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

subject surface form: Leonid Brezhnev

this entity surface form: Brezhnev

Ilyich → associatedWith → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev

Ilyich → notableBearer → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev

Detente → promotedBy → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

subject surface form: Détente

Second Cold War → hasKeyFigure → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

SALT → signedBy → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

subject surface form: SALT II Treaty

Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms → signedBy → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ

Fraternal Kiss mural → depicts → Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ