On this day in 1960, Leonid Brezhnev became chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, making him the nominal head of state, although real power in the Soviet Union resided with Nikita ...

In June 1979, Brezhnev and Jimmy Carter were to sign the arms-control accord SALT II, in Vienna. But the Soviet leader was no longer capable of engaging in substantive discussion.

French actor, and now Russian citizen, Gerard Depardieu has signed on to star as former Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev in a new film set during the Prague Spring uprising of 1968.

Brezhnev relaxing in Moscow in 1971 (ITAR-TASS) MOSCOW, December 15, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The history books will not remember Leonid Brezhnev as the most influential of Soviet leaders.

AFP/EAST-NEWS Leonid Brezhnev, born 110 years ago, on Dec. 19, 1906, was head of Soviet Union for 18 years. The long Brezhnev era is now considered either an era of tranquil stability or a period ...

Although not widely acknowledged, this figure meant that Putin had spent more time in office than Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, who ruled for 18 years and one month between 1964 and 1982 (6,601 ...

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 ...

Leonid Brezhnev led the former Soviet Union as general secretary of the Communist Party until 1982. But like most Russian apparatchiks who excessively smoked, drank and gained weight, he aged ...

On March 27, 1958, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev became the new Premier of the USSR ... March 27, 1958, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev became the new Premier of the USSR, replacing Joseph Stalin as the ...

Though not widely acknowledged, this figure meant that Putin had spent more time in office than Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, who ruled for 18 years and one month between 1964 and 1982 (6,601 days).