Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev is Russia's most cherished leader of the 20th century, followed by Vladimir Lenin, according to a poll published Wednesday.

On June 22, 1973, U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed a pledge to try to avoid nuclear war.

Finally overhauled and rechristened the Moskva, the ship hosted both Putin and then-Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi during a 2003 visit to Sardinia.

By: Greg Young Providing inspiration for Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October, the 1975 mutiny aboard the Soviet destroyer Storozhevoy (translated Sentry) aimed at nothing less than the overthrow of ...

When I learned from my friend that he would be producing a movie on Ronald Reagan’s life and that he wanted me for the role of Leonid Brezhnev, the leader of the Soviet Union, my ego thought "oh ...

Schattenberg’s biography of Leonid Brezhnev offers a forgiving view of the the Soviet Union’s leader from 1964 to 1982.

Vladimir Putin's plan to return to the presidency next year, which could open the way for him to rule for another 12 years, has drawn critical comparisons to long-serving Soviet leader Leonid ...

Dmitry Vrubel, the author of the iconic painting on the Berlin Wall depicting Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kissing East Germany's communist leader, Erich Honecker,has died in the German capital ...

Authorities are planning to put up a commemorative plaque on a Moscow building where Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev once lived. The move comes as a new poll shows that most Russians view Brezhnev ...

Local officials of the town of Kamenskoye in Ukraine’s eastern Dnepropetrovsk district decided to put off dismantling a monument to ex-Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev due to a lack of funding ...