Vladimir Musaelyan/TASS Leonid Brezhnev ... changing channels…" Jokes sometimes compared Brezhnev to previous Soviet leaders. He was held up to Lenin, who founded the Soviet state and strove ...

The late Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev`s son ... marking the 80th anniversary of Brezhnev`s birth that social problems under Brezhnev routinely were covered up and an attitude of ”anything ...

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev presides over the opening of the Olympic Games in Moscow. “O-O-O-O-O,” Brezhnev says. An aide pulls him by his elbow: “Comrade Brezhnev, these are the Olympic rings.

A kiss between Czechoslovak and Soviet party leaders Gustav Husak (left) and Leonid Brezhnev in Prague, 5 May 1970 Global Look Press The Soviet leader most famous for the way he greeted people was ...

In Spanish? "Brezhnev Biography" is a 1976 Soviet film that serves as a celebratory portrait of Leonid Brezhnev, portraying him as a beloved and charismatic leader. The film blends stirring ...

On this day in 1960, Leonid Brezhnev became chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, making him the nominal head of state, although real power in the Soviet Union resided with Nikita ...

Twelve years after the death of Leonid ... Brezhnev’s books, which were ghost written at public expense. But the family went to court and won them back-although inflation soon gobbled up their ...

The grandson of the late Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev is to sue the makers of ... people who personally knew his grandfather to build up an accurate picture of his personality.

Leonid Brezhnev was 75 when he died, not in his early eighties as wrongly stated in an opinion column on July 3. Accessibility help Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer Cookies on FT ...

Wollenberg/UPI In 1973, U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed a pledge ... He was sentenced to up to 60 years in prison. In 2018, Eurozone countries brokered ...

Leonid Brezhnev's daughter, Galina, died in 1998 at the age of 69 (ITAR-TASS) August 30, 2006 -- Igor Kio, the former husband of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's only daughter, has died ...