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During [[World War II]] Brezhnev served as a political commissar in the Red Army, advancing in rank until he became a major general (1943) and head of the political commissars on the Ukrainian front. After the war he again held posts as chief of several regional party committees in Ukraine. In 1950 he was sent to Moldavia as first secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party with the task of sovietizing the Romanian population of that recently conquered territory. In 1952 he advanced to become a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU and a candidate member of the Politburo.

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~~HOMEPOLITICS, LAW & GOVERNMENTWORLD LEADERSPRESIDENTS & HEADS OF STATES~~

~~Leonid Brezhnev~~

~~PRESIDENT OF SOVIET UNION~~

~~WRITTEN BY: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica~~

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~~Alternative Title: Leonid Ilich Brezhnev~~

Leonid Brezhnev, in full Leonid Ilich Brezhnev, (born December 19, 1906, Kamenskoye, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine]—died November 10, 1982, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Soviet statesman and Communist Party official who was, in effect, the leader of the Soviet Union for 18 years.

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~~BORN~~

~~December 19, 1906~~

~~Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine~~

~~DIED~~

~~November 10, 1982 (aged 75)~~

~~Moscow, Russia~~

~~TITLE / OFFICE~~

~~Head Of State, Soviet Union (1977-1982)~~

~~Head Of State, Soviet Union (1960-1964)~~

~~POLITICAL AFFILIATION~~

~~Communist Party of the Soviet Union~~

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~~Afghan War~~

~~Brezhnev Doctrine~~

~~Prague Spring~~

Having been a land surveyor in the 1920s, Brezhnev became a full member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1931 and studied at the metallurgical institute in Kamenskoye (now Dniprodzerzhynsk). After graduating (1935), he worked as an engineer and director of a technical school and also held a variety of local party posts; his career flourished under Joseph Stalin’s regime, and by 1939 he had become secretary of the regional party committee of Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipropetrovsk). During World War II Brezhnev served as a political commissar in the Red Army, advancing in rank until he became a major general (1943) and head of the political commissars on the Ukrainian front.

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~~Leonid I. Brezhnev assumed leadership after Khrushchev retired in 1964. On Nov. 10, 1966, a decree was...~~

After the war he again held posts as chief of several regional party committees in Ukraine. In 1950 he was sent to Moldavia as first secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party with the task of sovietizing the Romanian population of that recently conquered territory. In 1952 he advanced to become a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU and a candidate member of the Politburo.

When Stalin died (March 1953), Brezhnev lost his posts on the Central Committee and in the Politburo and had to accept the position of deputy head of the political department of the Ministry of Defense with the rank of lieutenant general. But in 1954 [[Nikita Khrushchev]], who had gained full power in Moscow, made Brezhnev second secretary of the Kazakhstan Communist Party (1954), in which capacity he vigorously implemented Khrushchev’s ambitious Virgin and Idle Lands Campaign in Kazakhstan.

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 During [[World War II]] Brezhnev served as a political commissar in the Red Army, advancing in rank until he became a major general (1943) and head of the political commissars on the Ukrainian front. After the war he again held posts as chief of several regional party committees in Ukraine. In 1950 he was sent to Moldavia as first secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party with the task of sovietizing the Romanian population of that recently conquered territory. In 1952 he advanced to become a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU and a candidate member of the Politburo.
-BRITANNICA
-HOMEPOLITICS, LAW & GOVERNMENTWORLD LEADERSPRESIDENTS & HEADS OF STATES
-Leonid Brezhnev
-PRESIDENT OF SOVIET UNION
-WRITTEN BY: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
-See Article History
-Alternative Title: Leonid Ilich Brezhnev
-Leonid Brezhnev, in full Leonid Ilich Brezhnev, (born December 19, 1906, Kamenskoye, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine]—died November 10, 1982, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Soviet statesman and Communist Party official who was, in effect, the leader of the Soviet Union for 18 years.
-Skip Ad
-Leonid Brezhnev
-QUICK FACTS
-Leonid Brezhnev
-View Media Page
-BORN
-December 19, 1906
-Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine
-DIED
-November 10, 1982 (aged 75)
-Moscow, Russia
-TITLE / OFFICE
-Head Of State, Soviet Union (1977-1982)
-Head Of State, Soviet Union (1960-1964)
-POLITICAL AFFILIATION
-Communist Party of the Soviet Union
-ROLE IN
-Afghan War
-Brezhnev Doctrine
-Prague Spring
-Having been a land surveyor in the 1920s, Brezhnev became a full member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1931 and studied at the metallurgical institute in Kamenskoye (now Dniprodzerzhynsk). After graduating (1935), he worked as an engineer and director of a technical school and also held a variety of local party posts; his career flourished under Joseph Stalin’s regime, and by 1939 he had become secretary of the regional party committee of Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipropetrovsk). During World War II Brezhnev served as a political commissar in the Red Army, advancing in rank until he became a major general (1943) and head of the political commissars on the Ukrainian front.
-Margaret Mead
-READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC
-education: From Brezhnev to Gorbachev
-Leonid I. Brezhnev assumed leadership after Khrushchev retired in 1964. On Nov. 10, 1966, a decree was...
-After the war he again held posts as chief of several regional party committees in Ukraine. In 1950 he was sent to Moldavia as first secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party with the task of sovietizing the Romanian population of that recently conquered territory. In 1952 he advanced to become a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU and a candidate member of the Politburo.
 When Stalin died (March 1953), Brezhnev lost his posts on the Central Committee and in the Politburo and had to accept the position of deputy head of the political department of the Ministry of Defense with the rank of lieutenant general. But in 1954 [[Nikita Khrushchev]], who had gained full power in Moscow, made Brezhnev second secretary of the Kazakhstan Communist Party (1954), in which capacity he vigorously implemented Khrushchev’s ambitious Virgin and Idle Lands Campaign in Kazakhstan.