Ruler · 1906 – 1982

Leonid Brezhnev

Lived 1906 – 1982; engineer, politician, military personnel. Leader of the Soviet Union (Soviet Union), 1964 – 1982; also in the line of Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.

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Lived: 1906 – 1982; 76 years
In office: 18 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

Leader of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union · the 5th of 8 dated reigns · 1922 – 1991

1 before

Joseph Stalin1924 – 1953

Georgy Malenkov1953 – 1955

Nikita Khrushchev1955 – 1964

Leonid Brezhnev1964 – 1982

Yuri Andropov1982 – 1984

Konstantin Chernenko1984 – 1985

Mikhail Gorbachev1985 – 1991

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1964 – 1982 · 18 years

Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

Also in the line of Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (3rd of 8).

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