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Brezhnev

Brezhnev

16 8.8
Soviet leader who led the Communist Party from 1964 to 1982
  • proper noun
  • /ˈbrɛʒnɛf/
: Leonid Brezhnev
  • Whatever the time period, both men agreed that Brezhnev was passionate and insistent in his presentation.
  • Leonid Brezhnev
  • Brezhnev Doctrine
  • Brezhnev era

But the end of Soviet history has to do with Brezhnev.

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Examples

  • At the first Nixon-Brezhnev summit in May 1972.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Now, this is where Brezhnev and I had our summit.

    Frost/Nixon (2008)

  • "Of the six people waiting, five of them look like Brezhnev."

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The Saudi rejection of the Brezhnev proposal, along with that of other Gulf states, was not insignificant.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Poland, in contrast, held elections in 1989, when the applicability of the Brezhnev Doctrine was still an open question.

    Academic text (1991)

  • French and German leaders competed in courting Brezhnev and extolling his virtues.

    Academic text (1992)

  • During the first Reagan term, the Soviet leadership changed from Leonid Brezhnev to Yuri Andropov to Konstantin Chernenko.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Clarifying Soviet intentions, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev announced in 1968 what would be called the Brezhnev Doctrine, whereby the ideological deviations of any one socialist state had security ramifications for other socialist states.

    Academic text (2018)

  • During the Cold War, Leonid Brezhnev played a pivotal role in shaping Soviet foreign policy.

  • Leonid Brezhnev, the General Secretary of the Communist Party, governed the Soviet Union for nearly two decades.

Synonyms

Leonid Brezhnev
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Leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982

includes both party leadership and the later presidency as formal offices
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
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A Soviet political leader who led the country from 1964 to 1982

also gives the later formal presidential title held from 1977 to 1982

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Brezhnev is a Russian family name. The ending -ev is a common Russian surname part meaning 'belonging to' or 'son of', so the name originally showed a family link and today identifies the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.