General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev often greeted other leaders with the centuries-old Russian tradition of triple kisses, but not everybody enjoyed it, and some did their best to escape his smooching.

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.

President Richard M. Nixon, right, and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev drink a toast at the White House in Washington, DC, June 21, 1973. The toast comes after the two leaders signed a pact to limit ...