Leonid Brezhnev Quotes


As you know, I am not a writer but a Party functionary. But like every Communist I consider myself to have been mobilized by Party propaganda and deem it my duty to participate actively in the work of our press.


Citations

Brezhnev, Leonid. "Speech at Lenin Prize Presentation." Pravda, 20 Apr. 1979. Translated in The Current Digest of the Soviet Press, vol. 31, no. 17, 1979, p. 8.

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Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev
  • Born: December 19, 1906
  • Died: November 10, 1982
  • Nationality: Russian
  • Profession: Metallurgical Engineer

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the governing Communist Party (1964–1982) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1960–1964, 1977–1982). His 18-year term as general secretary was second only to Joseph Stalin's in duration. While Brezhnev's rule was characterised by political stability and notable foreign policy successes, it was also marked by corruption, inefficiency, economic stagnation, and rapidly growing technological gaps with the West.