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Before Brezhnev Died
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Author : Iulian Ciocan
language : en
Publisher: Moldovan Literature
Release Date : 2020-05-12
Before Brezhnev Died written by Iulian Ciocan and has been published by Moldovan Literature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-12 with Fiction categories.
A collection of short stories from the Moldovan writer Iulian Ciocan, translated by Alistair Ian Blyth"--
Leonid Brezhnev
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Author : Source Wikipedia
language : en
Publisher: University-Press.org
Release Date : 2013-09
Leonid Brezhnev written by Source Wikipedia and has been published by University-Press.org this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: History of the Soviet Union, Legacy of Leonid Brezhnev, Death and funeral of Leonid Brezhnev, Brezhnev assassination attempt, Era of Stagnation. Excerpt: Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (Russian: (.), 19 December 1906 (O.S. 6 December) - 10 November 1982) was the General Secretary of the Central Committee (CC) of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. His eighteen-year term as General Secretary was one of the longest, second only to that of Joseph Stalin. During Brezhnev's rule, the global influence of the Soviet Union grew dramatically, in part because of the expansion of the Soviet military during this time, but his tenure as leader has often been criticised for marking the beginning of a period of economic stagnation, overlooking serious economic problems which eventually led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Brezhnev was born in Kamenskoe into a Russian workers' family. After graduating from the Dniprodzerzhynsk Metallurgical Technicum he became a metallurgical engineer in the iron and steel industry, in Ukraine. He joined Komsomol in 1923 and, in 1929, became a member of the Communist Party, playing an active role in the party's affairs. He was drafted into immediate military service during World War II; he left the army in 1946 with the rank of Major General. In 1952 Brezhnev became a member of the Central Committee, and in 1964, Brezhnev succeeded Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary; Alexei Kosygin succeeded Khrushchev in his post as Chairman of the Council of Ministers. As a leader, Brezhnev was a team player, and took care to consult his colleagues before acting, but his attempt to govern without meaningful economic reforms led to a national decline by the mid-1970s, a period referred to as the Era of Stagnation. A significant...
Leonid Brezhnev The Period Of Stagnation
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
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An unbiased analysis of the negative experience of Leonid Brezhnev's 18 year leadership (1964-1982) today helps us find correct solutions to questions put by perestroika.
The Soviet Union During The Brezhnev Era
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Author : Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-06-06
The Soviet Union During The Brezhnev Era written by Charles River Editors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-06 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading For 30 years, much of the West looked on with disdain as the Bolsheviks took power in Russia and created and consolidated the Soviet Union. As bad as Vladimir Lenin seemed in the early 20th century, Joseph Stalin was so much worse that Churchill later remarked of Lenin, "Their worst misfortune was his birth... their next worst his death." Before World War II, Stalin consolidated his position by frequently purging party leaders (most famously Leon Trotsky) and Red Army leaders, executing hundreds of thousands of people at the least. And in one of history's greatest textbook examples of the idea that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, Stalin's Soviet Union allied with Britain and the United States to defeat Hitler in Europe during World War II. Stalin had ruled with an iron fist for nearly 30 years before his death in 1953, which may or may not have been murder, just as Stalin was preparing to conduct another purge. With his death, Soviet strongman and long-time Stalinist Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), who had managed to stay a step ahead of Stalin's purges if only because he participated in them, became the Soviet premier. A barely known figure outside of the Eastern bloc, Khrushchev was derided as a buffoon by one Western diplomat and mocked for his physical appearance by others, but any Western hopes that he would prove a more conciliatory figure than Stalin were quickly snuffed out as the hard-line Khrushchev embraced confrontational stances. In a statement to Western diplomats at the Polish embassy in Moscow, Khruschev famously warned, "We will bury you." And after his first meetings with President John F. Kennedy, Kennedy famously compared Khrushchev's negotiating techniques to his own father's. Even today, one of Khrushchev's most memorable moments is banging his shoe at a United Nations General Assembly meeting in September 1960 while a Filipino delegate was speaking. Personal histrionics aside, Khrushchev meant business when dealing with the West, especially the United States and its young president, John F. Kennedy. After sensing weakness and a lack of fortitude in Kennedy, Khrushchev made his most audacious and ultimately costly decision by attempting to place nuclear warheads at advanced, offensive bases located in Cuba, right off the American mainland. As it turned out, the Cuban Missile Crisis would show the Kennedy Administration's resolve, force Khrushchev to back down, and ultimately sow the seeds of Khrushchev's fall from power. By the time he died in 1971, he had been declared a non-citizen of the nation he had ruled for nearly 20 years. Leonid Brezhnev became First Secretary of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union in late 1964 after a plot to oust Khrushchev. Little is remembered in the public imagination about Brezhnev in comparison to Mikhail Gorbachev, Vladimir Lenin, or Joseph Stalin, despite the fact Brezhnev ruled the USSR from 1964-1982, longer than any Soviet leader other than Stalin. In fact, he held power during a tumultuous era that changed the world in remarkable ways, and that era has been favorably remembered by many former Soviet citizens. It marked a period of relative calm and even prosperity after the destruction of World War II and the tensions brought about by Khrushchev. Foremost amongst Brezhnev's achievements would be the détente period in the early 1970s, when the Soviets and Americans came to a number of agreements that reduced Cold War pressures and the alarming threat of nuclear war. On the other side of the balance sheet, Brezhnev oversaw a malaise in Soviet society that later became known as an era of stagnation during which the Communist Bloc fell far behind the West in terms of economic output and standard of living. His regime also became notorious for its human rights abuses.
History Of Mikhail Gorbachev
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Author : Mark A Rumley
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2022-09
History Of Mikhail Gorbachev written by Mark A Rumley and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09 with categories.
The final leader of the Soviet Union was Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, a politician from Russia and the Soviet Union who lived from 2 March 1931 to 30 August 2022. He presided over the Supreme Soviet's Presidium from 1988 to 1989, the Supreme Soviet itself from 1989 to 1990, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's General Secretary from 1985 to 1991, and finally the head of state of the Soviet Union from 1990 until its breakup in 1991. Gorbachev originally supported Marxism-Leninism, but by the early 1990s, he began to support social democracy. Gorbachev was born in an impoverished peasant family of Russian and Ukrainian descent in Privolnoye, Stavropol Krai. Before joining the Communist Party, which at the time ruled the Soviet Union as a one-party state in accordance with the prevailing interpretation of Marxist-Leninist doctrine, Joseph Stalin worked as a combine harvester operator in his youth on a collective farm while living under Joseph Stalin's rule. He was a student at Moscow State University when he married Raisa Titarenko in 1953 and graduated from law school in 1955. He relocated to Stavropol and began working for the Komsomol youth group. After Stalin's death, he firmly supported Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization efforts. 1970 saw his appointment as the Stavropol Regional Committee's First Party Secretary, where he supervised the building of the Great Stavropol Canal. He moved back to Moscow in 1978 to take up the position of Secretary of the party's Central Committee. In 1979, he joined the Politburo, which governs the party. Following the short administrations of Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko and three years after the death of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, the Politburo chose Gorbachev to serve as General Secretary and de facto leader in 1985. Gorbachev was dedicated to maintaining the Soviet Union and its socialist goals, but he also saw the need for considerable change, notably in the wake of the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986. He left the Soviet-Afghan War and began holding meetings with Ronald Reagan to reduce nuclear weapons and put an end to the Cold War. Mark A. Milley a U.S journalist discusses the full account of Mikhail Gorbachev in his book. All his achievements, position and honors are recorded in this book
Gorbachev Yeltsin
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Author : Stuart A. Kallen
language : en
Publisher: ABDO & Daughters
Release Date : 1992
Gorbachev Yeltsin written by Stuart A. Kallen and has been published by ABDO & Daughters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Examines the events in the Soviet Union during the time of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, including the failed coup of 1991 and the collapse of the Union itself.
Leonid Brezhnev
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Author : Ina Navazelskis
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea House Pub
Release Date : 1987
Leonid Brezhnev written by Ina Navazelskis and has been published by Chelsea House Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A biography of the man who served twice as president of the Soviet Union and was head of the Communist Party there from 1964 until his death.
Soviet Politics From Brezhnev To Gorbachev
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Author : Donald Kelley
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1987-08-19
Soviet Politics From Brezhnev To Gorbachev written by Donald Kelley and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-08-19 with Political Science categories.
Beginning with Brezhnev era, the author follows the course and development of Soviet leadership--examining the elements of continuity as well as change. He zeroes in on each individual leader and analyzes the economic, social, and international issues faced by each. For instance, Kelly sets the stage for Andropov's succession, discusses strategies for his succession, details Andropov's rise to power, presents the premier's time in power, and finally examines Andropov's decline. Along with pinpointing individual instances of leadership, the author covers the role of the Communist party within Soviet politics, including the theory of party leadership and the reality of bureaucratic and administrative reform. He also discusses options for the new leadership, Soviet economy, class and social structure, and foreign policy.
The Soviet Union
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Author : Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-07-20
The Soviet Union written by Charles River Editors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-20 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading For 30 years, much of the West looked on with disdain as the Bolsheviks took power in Russia and created and consolidated the Soviet Union. As bad as Vladimir Lenin seemed in the early 20th century, Joseph Stalin was so much worse that Churchill later remarked of Lenin, "Their worst misfortune was his birth... their next worst his death." Before World War II, Stalin consolidated his position by frequently purging party leaders (most famously Leon Trotsky) and Red Army leaders, executing hundreds of thousands of people at the least. And in one of history's greatest textbook examples of the idea that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, Stalin's Soviet Union allied with Britain and the United States to defeat Hitler in Europe during World War II. Stalin ruled with an iron fist for nearly 30 years before his death in 1953, which may or may not have been murder, just as Stalin was preparing to conduct another purge. With his death, Soviet strongman and long-time Stalinist Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), who had managed to stay a step ahead of Stalin's purges if only because he participated in them, became the Soviet premier. Personal histrionics aside, Khrushchev meant business when dealing with the West, especially the United States and its young president, John F. Kennedy. After sensing weakness and a lack of fortitude in Kennedy, Khrushchev made his most audacious and ultimately costly decision by attempting to place nuclear warheads at advanced, offensive bases located in Cuba, right off the American mainland. As it turned out, the Cuban Missile Crisis would show the Kennedy Administration's resolve, force Khrushchev to back down, and ultimately sow the seeds of Khrushchev's fall from power. By the time he died in 1971, he had been declared a non-citizen of the nation he had ruled for nearly 20 years. Leonid Brezhnev became First Secretary of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union in late 1964 after a plot to oust Khrushchev. Little is remembered in the public imagination about Brezhnev in comparison to Mikhail Gorbachev, Vladimir Lenin, or Joseph Stalin, despite the fact Brezhnev ruled the USSR from 1964-1982, longer than any Soviet leader other than Stalin. In fact, he held power during a tumultuous era that changed the world in remarkable ways, and that era has been favorably remembered by many former Soviet citizens. It marked a period of relative calm and even prosperity after the destruction of World War II and the tensions brought about by Khrushchev. Foremost amongst Brezhnev's achievements would be the détente period in the early 1970s, when the Soviets and Americans came to a number of agreements that reduced Cold War pressures and the alarming threat of nuclear war. Mikhail Gorbachev was chosen as the new General Secretary at the relatively youg age of 54 in March 1985. Gorbachev hoped to build the Soviet economy to relieve the persistent shortages of consumer goods it faced, which were caused by enormous military spending of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev tried to introduce some economic reforms, but they were blocked by communist hardliners. Gorbachev then came to the belief that the Soviet economy could not improved without political reform as well. In comparison with other Soviet leaders, Gorbachev was leader of the USSR for a relatively short period, but the changes that took place under his leadership were monumental, including some that were intended and others that were unforeseen. Gorbachev oversaw the end of the Cold War and the peaceful transition away from communism in Central and Eastern Europe, and he ended the war in Afghanistan and many other proxy conflicts in the developing world. Gorbachev improved relations with the West and developed enough trust with President Ronald Reagan and President George H.W. Bush to decommission thousands of nuclear weapons.
Brezhnev
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Author : Susanne Schattenberg
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-11-04
Brezhnev written by Susanne Schattenberg and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Schattenberg has done a service in rescuing the Brezhnev period from obscurity." The Morning Star "[Offers an] unparalleled examination of the Brezhnev papers." Literary Review Leonid Brezhnev was leader of the Soviet Union for eighteen years, a term of leadership second only in length to that of Stalin. He presided over the Brezhnev Doctrine, which accelerated the Cold War, and led the Soviet Union through catastrophic foreign policy decisions such as the invasion of Afghanistan. To many in the West, he is responsible for the stagnation (and to some even collapse) of the Soviet Union. But much of this history has been based on the only two English-language biographies (both published before Brezhnev's death and without access to archival sources) and Brezhnev's own astonishingly untrue memoirs – written for propaganda purposes. Newly translated from German, Schattenberg's magisterial book systematically dismantles the stereotypical and one-dimensional view of Brezhnev as the stagnating Stalinist by drawing on a wealth of archival research and documents not previously studied in English. The Brezhnev that emerges is a complex one, from his early apolitical years, when he dreamed of becoming an actor, through his swift and surprising rise through the Party ranks. From his hitherto misunderstood role in Khrushchev's ousting and appointment as his successor, to his somewhat pro-Western foreign policy aims, deft consolidation and management of power, and ultimate descent into addiction and untimely death. For Schattenberg, this is the story of a flawed and ineffectual idealist - for the West, this biography makes a convincing case that Brezhnev should be reappraised as one of the most interesting and important political figures of the twentieth century.