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Leonid Brezhnev

1906 - 1982

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Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982, and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 1960 to 1964 and again from 1977 to 1982. His 18-year term as General Secretary was second only to Joseph Stalin's in duration. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonid Brezhnev has received more than 9,524,834 page views. His biography is available in 103 different languages on Wikipedia. Leonid Brezhnev is the 89th most popular politician (up from 97th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Ukraine and the 3rd most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Leonid Brezhnev was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982. He is most famous for his rule as a Soviet leader, and for his role in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leonid Brezhnev ranks 89 out of 15,577. Before him are Nicolae Ceaușescu, Kösem Sultan, Francisco Franco, Philip II of Spain, George Washington, and Heinrich Himmler. After him are Louis XV of France, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Henry IV of France, Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Murad IV, and Uthman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Leonid Brezhnev ranks 1. After him are Adolf Eichmann, Hannah Arendt, Dmitri Shostakovich, Puyi, Samuel Beckett, Luchino Visconti, Grace Hopper, Josephine Baker, Aristotle Onassis, Kurt Gödel, and Ilse Koch. Among people deceased in 1982, Leonid Brezhnev ranks 3. Before him are Grace Kelly and Huang Xianfan. After him are Ayn Rand, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Bergman, Carl Orff, Arthur Rubinstein, Roman Jakobson, Henry Fonda, Philip K. Dick, and Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Leonid Brezhnev ranks 3 out of 1,083. Before him are Hurrem Sultan (1502) and Leon Trotsky (1879). After him are Nikolai Gogol (1809), Sergei Prokofiev (1891), Viktor Yanukovych (1950), Hafsa Sultan (1479), Stepan Bandera (1909), Ilya Repin (1844), Golda Meir (1898), Kazimir Malevich (1879), and John III Sobieski (1629).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Leonid Brezhnev ranks 3. Before him are Hurrem Sultan (1502) and Leon Trotsky (1879). After him are Viktor Yanukovych (1950), Hafsa Sultan (1479), Stepan Bandera (1909), Golda Meir (1898), John III Sobieski (1629), Sviatoslav I of Kiev (942), Kliment Voroshilov (1881), Stanisław Leszczyński (1677), and Leonid Kuchma (1938).

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