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2 days ago · Yuri Andropov, Brezhnev's eventual successor as general secretary, was chairman of the committee in charge of managing Brezhnev's funeral, held on 15 November 1982, five days after his death.
1 day ago · Brezhnev’s successor, Yuri Andropov, was the long-time KGB head and promised ‘a better socialist order’, but his gaunt, sick face betrayed a more gloomy forecast. Soon he disappeared and passed away; rumours ascribed his agony to his kidneys. Next, Konstantin Chernenko, the modest head of Brezhnev’s chancellery, was propped up to rule.
5 days ago · After Khrushchev came the triumvirate of Leonid I. Brezhnev, Aleksey N. Kosygin, and N.V. Podgorny. The first was the party leader, the second headed the government, and the third became chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, a ceremonial position.
5 days ago · July 12, 2024. AP. Leonid Brezhnev led the former Soviet Union as General Secretary of the Communist Party until 1982. But like most Russian apparatchiks who excessively smoked, drank, and gained ...
3 days ago · Novotný then invited Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev to Prague that December, seeking support; but Brezhnev was surprised at the extent of the opposition to Novotný and thus supported his removal as Czechoslovakia's leader. Dubček replaced Novotný as First Secretary on 5 January 1968.
- 20-21 August 1968
- Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
5 days ago · Then one day, Soviet propagandists announced suddenly but matter-of-factly that the dynamic Brezhnev had died and that his successor, Yuri Andropov, was now brilliantly running the Soviet...
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3 days ago · Andropov was in a good position to take over the control of the party apparatus; three big system hierarchs, Brezhnev, Kosygin and Suslov had all died. A fourth, Kirilenko, was forced into retirement. [81]
