The Leonid Brezhnev Era
Notes:
LEONID BREZHNEV
- Led Soviet Union from 1964-1982
- Many think this is a period of deterioration for USSR due to party “apparatchiks” left over from the Stalin regime wanted to return to the old status quo
- Made famous the Brezhnev doctrine:
- “It was the right and duty of fraternal socialist countries to intervene in each others affairs when socialism was threatened”
- He makes this while intervening in Czechoslovakia in 1968
SUMMARY :
64 -82 16 years. Leonid Brezhnev was one of the longer running leaders. He lead from 1964- 1982 (16 years). He was chossen by the communist people. The first thing he did was create the Brezhnev doctrine, “It was the right and duty of fraternal socialist countries to intervene in each others affairs when socialism was threatened” this was first threatened in checoslavakis.
Quotes:
Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today.
-Leonid Brezhnev
-Leonid Brezhnev
Subjunctive questions:
What if the Brezhnev doctrine was never created?