The Leonid Brezhnev Era
- led the soviet union from 1964-1982
- many think this is a period of deterioration for the USSR due to party "apparatchiks" left over from the Stalin regime wanted to return to old status quo
- Made famous the Brezhnev doctrine
- "It was the right and duty of fraternal socialist countries to intervene in each others affairs when socialism was threatened"
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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Subjunctive Question: What differences would there be in Russia now if he had never come into power?
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