Churbanov brezhnev biography

Overview of Leonid Brezhnev's influence on the Soviet Union

The full understanding of the history of the late Soviet Union and of its successor, the Russian Federation, requires the assessment of the legacy of Leonid Brezhnev, the third General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and twice Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

Leonid Brezhnev was the leader of the CPSU from 1964 until his death in 1982, whose eighteen-year tenure has been recognized for developing the most powerful military,^[1] and for social and economic stagnation in the late Soviet Union.

While his rule provided stability to his country and increased the standard of living,^[2] there was also a heritage of political and personal values. When Brezhnev died he left behind a gerontocracy, a group of leaders who were significantly older than most of the adult population.

Despite his failures in domestic re