Meanwhile, in March 1982 in Tashkent, USSR Secretary Leonid Brezhnev gave a speech conciliatory towards the PRC, and Deng Xiaoping took advantage of Brezhnev ’ s proffered conciliation ; in autumn of 1982, Sino-Soviet relations resumed ( semi-annually ), at the vice-ministerial level.

The Carter administration had been supporting human rights groups inside the Soviet Union, and Leonid Brezhnev accused the administration of interference in other countries ’ internal affairs.

It may never be know how high the corruption extended, as Brezhnev ’ s own son-in-law, Yuri Churbanov was implicated in the affair.

According to Alexander Dubček, " The advent of Brezhnev ’ s regime heralded the advent of neo-Stalinism, and the measures taken against Czechoslovakia in 1968 were the final consolidation of the neo-Stalinist forces in the Soviet Union, Poland, Hungary, and other countries.

He was the first organisational secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) from Khrushchev's ouster to the death of Leonid Brezhnev.

His death on 25 January 1982 is viewed as starting the battle to succeed Leonid Brezhnev in the post of General Secretary.

His death is viewed as starting the battle to succeed Brezhnev, in which Andropov, who assumed Suslov's post as the Party's Second Secretary, sidelined Kirilenko and Chernenko during the last days of Brezhnev's rule.

Khrushchev's formula of rapprochement-fusing ( sblizhenie-sliyanie ) was moderated slightly, however, when Leonid Brezhnev replaced Khrushchev as General Secretary of the Communist Party in 1964 ( a post he held until his death in 1982 ).

Soon, Kunayev and Brezhnev developed a close friendship which lasted until the death of Brezhnev.

The level of political, administrative and cultural autonomy they enjoyed varied with time-it was most substantial in the 1920s ( Korenizatsiya ), the 1950s after the death of Joseph Stalin, and in the Leonid Brezhnev era.

The most notable examples of such state funerals during the Soviet period of Russian history are the ceremonies that were held for Lenin and Stalin, and for the death and funeral of Leonid Brezhnev.

Following the death of General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev in 1982, there were five days of national mourning.

After that, Brezhnev approved the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 ( Prague Spring ) and ended with the Soviet war in Afghanistan which continued after his death ; he installed an authoritarian regime that lasted throughout his life and the lives of his two successors, Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko.

Brezhnev suffered a stroke in 1975 but continued in power despite deteriorating health until his death in November 1982 at the age of 76.

The anti-Catholic campaign in Lithuania abated after Stalin's death, but harsh measures against the church were resumed in 1957 and continued through the Brezhnev era.

In October 1964, Khrushchev was replaced by Leonid Brezhnev, who remained in office until his death in November 1982.

Brezhnev died on November 10, 1982.

* 1982 – In the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov becomes the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev.

* December 19 – Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet leader ( d. 1982 )

On November 10, 1982 Leonid Brezhnev died and was succeeded by Yuri Andropov, the former head of the KGB.

When Yuri Andropov succeeded Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union in November 1982, the mainstream Western newspapers and magazines ran numerous front page photographs and articles about him.

* History of the Soviet Union ( 1964 – 1982 ) ( Brezhnev Era )

Such an allocation of USSR assets was partially influenced by the fact that Leonid Brezhnev, the effective ruler of the USSR from 1964 to 1982, was the Communist Party First Secretary in the Moldavian SSR in 1950-1952.

When Brezhnev died in 1982, he was succeeded by Yuri Andropov, who died quickly after taking power.

Leonid Brezhnev, its foremost representative, died in 1982 aged 75, but had suffered a heart attack in 1975, after which generalized arteriosclerosis set in, so that he was progressively infirm and had trouble speaking.

Kirilenko was seen as a key candidate by the West to replace Brezhnev as Soviet leader in 1982.

* Leonid Brezhnev — First Secretary ( later General Secretary ) of the CPSU ( 1964 – 1982 ), and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ( 1964 – 1982 ), also awarded once Hero of Socialist Labour ; this last feat was the subject of numerous Russian jokes.

It was granted town status on August 10, 1930, and was called Brezhnev ( after Leonid Brezhnev ) from 1982 to 1988.

Upon the deaths of Leonid Brezhnev ( 1982 ), Yuri Andropov ( 1984 ) and Konstantin Chernenko ( 1985 ), Kuznetzov became acting chairman of the Presidiumthe Soviet Union's acting head of state.

When Brezhnev died in November 1982, the Soviet Union he handed over to his successor, Andropov, was much less dynamic than when he assumed power.

The term " Era of Stagnation " was coined by Mikhail Gorbachev to describe the economic difficulties that developed when Leonid Brezhnev ruled the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982 although scholars disagree on when the stagnation started and the causes ( see Analyses section ).

Following Khrushchev's fall from power, Soviet leader Brezhnev brought Voroshilov out of retirement into a figurehead political post.

Further discussion brought the negotiations to an end on May 26, 1972, in Moscow when Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev signed both the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and the Interim Agreement Between The United States of America and The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Certain Measures With Respect to the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms.

After Brezhnev brought Czechoslovakia to heel in 1968, Romania and Yugoslavia maintained privileged connections up to the mid-1980s.

In 1964 Khrushchev was forced to step down in a coup that brought Leonid Brezhnev to power.

Khrushchev also promoted and groomed Leonid Brezhnev, whom he brought to Kremlin and introduced to Stalin in 1952.

The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the enunciation of the Brezhnev Doctrine, the Soviet military buildup in its Far Eastern theater, and Sino-Soviet border clashes in the spring of 1969 brought about a renewed emphasis on some of the PLA's traditional military roles.

Hungary's János Kádár was highly supportive of Dubček's appointment in January, but Leonid Brezhnev and others grew concerned about Dubček's reforms, which they feared might weaken the position of the Communist Bloc during the Cold War.

Meanwhile Komarov and his fellow cosmonauts had their groups and assignments constantly revised and they became increasingly anxious about the lack of response to their concerns about the design and manufacture of space craft which had been raised in a letter to Leonid Brezhnev by Yuri Gagarin on their behalf.

However the Soviets were not pleased about the developments in Afghanistan and Brezhnev impressed upon Taraki the need for party unity.

Instead of introducing the ideologic concept of the Soviet Nation, Brezhnev at the 24th Party Congress talked about " a new historical community of people – the Soviet people ", and introduced the ideological tenant of Developed socialism, which postponed communism.

By 1976 Kirilenko's position within the Soviet leadership had grown to such an extent that leading officials, such as Brezhnev and Suslov, were beginning to worry about his " organisational tail " in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( RSFSR ).

That song is about reaction of L. Brezhnev on the demonstration catches the

Letter to Brezhnev is a 1985 British romantic comedy film about working class life in contemporary Liverpool.

During the Leonid Brezhnev years, the city was at the height of its development, with a population of over 250, 000, and about ten million tons of coal being mined each year.

It was discovered that due to Gavrilov's critical remarks about the Soviet regime, the head of the KGB and later General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Yuri Andropov, with the approval of Leonid Brezhnev, had seized Gavrilov's passport and the flight ticket and cut his telephone line.