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Brezhnev Era: Stability and Economic Stagnation in Soviet Russia (1964–1982)

Brezhnev Era: Stability and Economic Stagnation in Soviet Russia (1964–1982)

  1. Khrushchev removed; Brezhnev takes party leadership

    Labels: Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Communist Party

  2. Kosygin economic reforms approved by Central Committee

    Labels: Alexei Kosygin, Economic Reform, Central Committee

  3. Party congress restores title “General Secretary”

    Labels: 23rd Party, General Secretary, Leonid Brezhnev

  4. Prague Spring begins, alarming Soviet leadership

    Labels: Alexander Dub, Prague Spring, Czechoslovakia

  5. Warsaw Pact invades Czechoslovakia to end reforms

    Labels: Warsaw Pact, Czechoslovakia, Soviet Army

  6. “Brezhnev Doctrine” articulated in Pravda

    Labels: Brezhnev Doctrine, Pravda, Soviet Bloc

  7. West Germany and USSR sign the Treaty of Moscow

    Labels: Treaty of, West Germany, Ostpolitik

  9. Vladivostok Summit sets framework for SALT II

    Labels: Vladivostok Summit, SALT II, Gerald Ford

  10. Helsinki Final Act signed; human-rights commitments expand

    Labels: Helsinki Final, CSCE, Human Rights

  11. Moscow Helsinki Group founded to monitor compliance

    Labels: Moscow Helsinki, Dissidents, Samizdat

  12. 1977 Soviet Constitution adopted under Brezhnev

    Labels: 1977 Constitution, Communist Party, Soviet State

  13. Soviet troops invade Afghanistan, ending détente momentum

    Labels: Soviet Invasion, Afghanistan, Red Army

  14. Sakharov arrested and sent into internal exile

    Labels: Andrei Sakharov, Internal Exile, Gorky

  15. Kosygin resigns as premier, strengthening Brezhnev’s dominance

    Labels: Alexei Kosygin, Nikolai Tikhonov, Soviet Premier

  16. Brezhnev dies; Andropov inherits stagnation and war

    Labels: Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Brezhnev Era