Leonid Ilich Brezhnev Biography

Leonid Ilich Brezhnev biography

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NAME: Leonid Ilich Brezhnev
OCCUPATION: Government Official
BIRTH DATE: December 19, 1906
DEATH DATE: November 10, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kamenskoye, Ukraine
PLACE OF DEATH: Moscow, Russia

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Leonid Brezhnev was a Soviet statesman and Communist Party official who was, in effect, the leader of the Soviet Union for 18 years.

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During the 1970s, Leonid Brezhnev tried to normalize internal and international relations through the policy known as détente. He also built up the USSR’s military-industrial complex, which left much of the rest of the economy deprived. In 1979 Brezhnev signed the arms treaty SALT II with President Jimmy Carter, but the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the treaty, and the USSR invaded Afghanistan.