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Important events on Brezhnev Era.
1974 - Soviet Union agrees to ease its emigration policy in return for most-favoured-nation trade status with the US. -
Leonid Brezhnev
Was the General Secretary of the Central Committee (CC) of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. His eighteen-year term as General Secretary was second only to that of Joseph Stalin in duration. During Brezhnev's rule, the global influence of the Soviet Union grew dramatically -
Important events on Brezhnev Era.
1964 - Khrushchev is replaced as first secretary of the Communist Party by Leonid Brezhnev; Aleksey Kosygin becomes prime minister. -
Important events on Brezhnev Era.
1969 - Soviet and Chinese troops clash across the border. -
Important events on Brezhnev Era.
1972 - Soviet Union and US sign SALT-1 arms control agreement, heralding the start of detente. -
Important events on Brezhnev Era.
1977 - Brezhnev elected president under new constitution. -
Important events on Brezhnev Era.
1979 - Soviet Union and US sign SALT-2 agreement; Soviet troops invade Afghanistan, formally ending the period of detente with the West -
Important events on Brezhnev Era.
1980 - Kosygin is replaced as prime minister by Nikolay Tikhonov; Kosygin dies.