“God will not forgive us if we fail.” 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
- 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:
Leonid Brezhnev led the Soviet Union 1964 - 1982. Many people think that his period was a deterioration for the country due to the "Apparatchiks" that were left over from stalin reign wanted to go back to old times. Intervened in Czechoslovakia and created the Brezhnev doctrine. “It was the right and duty of fraternal socialist countries to intervene in each others affairs when socialism was threatened”
- 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
- 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:
Leonid Brezhnev led the Soviet Union 1964 - 1982. Many people think that his period was a deterioration for the country due to the "Apparatchiks" that were left over from stalin reign wanted to go back to old times. Intervened in Czechoslovakia and created the Brezhnev doctrine. “It was the right and duty of fraternal socialist countries to intervene in each others affairs when socialism was threatened”