Leonid Brezhnev with his great-granddaughter Galina in Crimea. RIA Novosti Before occupying the post of General Secretary, Yuri Andropov served as head of the KGB for 15 years.

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (Russian: Леони́д Ильи́ч Бре́жнев (help·info), 19 December 1906 (O.S. 6 December) – 10 November 1982) was the General Secretary of the Central ...

Photo: Image: Mario Tama/Getty Images. Thursday’s presidential debate reminded me of an old Soviet joke. Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev presides over the opening of the Olympic Games in Moscow.

One of the most famous paintings on the Berlin Wall, showing Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kissing his East German counterpart Erich Honecker, has been destroyed by the authorities. The artist is ...

The film is written by Howard Klausner, who wrote 'Space Cowboys' for Clint Eastwood. By Paul Bond Robert Davi Leonid Brezhnev Split - H 2015 In Reagan, the man’s life is chronicled through the ...

Everybody knows the flurry of preparations surrounding a special houseguest. During the Cold War, the White House had no more important visitor than the leader of the Soviet Union. As newly disclos… ...

Leonid Brezhnev Brezhnev’s most iconic photos - showing him kissing the leaders of friendly states on the lips - is immortalized in graffiti on the Berlin Wall [kissing DDR leader Erich Honecker].