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Everyday Life in the Soviet Union during the Brezhnev Era (1964–1982)

Everyday Life in the Soviet Union during the Brezhnev Era (1964–1982)

  1. Brezhnev becomes CPSU First Secretary

    Labels: Leonid Brezhnev, CPSU Central
  2. Kosygin reform endorsed by CPSU Central Committee

    Labels: Aleksei Kosygin, CPSU Central
  3. Five-day workweek transition launched by decree

    Labels: Five-day workweek, Soviet Decree
  4. USSR issues new Passport System Statute

    Labels: Passport System, propiska
  5. Helsinki Final Act signed in Helsinki

    Labels: Helsinki Final, OSCE Process
  6. Brezhnev Constitution adopted by Supreme Soviet

    Labels: 1977 Constitution, Supreme Soviet
  7. USSR invades Afghanistan

    Labels: Soviet Afghan, USSR Armed
  8. Moscow hosts the 1980 Summer Olympics

    Labels: 1980 Moscow, Moscow
  9. Major consumer price increases announced

    Labels: Price Increases, Consumer Goods
  10. Central Committee plenum presents Food Programme

    Labels: USSR Food, Central Committee
  11. Brezhnev dies; era’s endpoint

    Labels: Leonid Brezhnev, Leadership Succession