Leonid Brezhnev
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Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 Disamba 1906 - 10 Nuwamba 1982) ɗan siyasan Soviet ne wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Sakatare na Jam'iyyar Kwaminisanci ta Tarayyar Soviet daga 1964 har zuwa mutuwarsa a 1982, kuma Shugaban Shugaban Majalisar Koli ta Soviet ( Shugaban kasa) daga 1960 zuwa 1964 da kuma daga 1977 zuwa 1982. Wa'adinsa na shekaru 18 a matsayin Babban Sakatare ya kasance na biyu bayan Joseph Stalin a tsawon lokaci. Har wala yau, masana tarihi suna ta muhawara kan darajar zaman Brezhnev a matsayin Babban Sakatare. Yayin da mulkinsa ya kasance da kwanciyar hankali a siyasance da kuma nasarorin da aka samu a manufofin ketare, an kuma nuna shi da cin hanci da rashawa, rashin inganci, tabarbarewar tattalin arziki, da saurin samun gibin fasaha da kasashen yamma.