Leonid Brezhnev

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LEONID BREZHNEV Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was the General Secretary of the

LEONID BREZHNEV

Leonid Ilyich 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.
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Politics Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee for defense industry from

Politics
Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee for defense industry from February

1956 to July 1960, in 1956-1957 a candidate member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPSU since 1957, a member of the Presidium (since 1966 — the Politburo) of the CPSU Central Committee. From may 1960 to July 1964 he was Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. At the same time from June 1963 to October 1964, Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU.
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Famous kiss

Famous kiss

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The essence is that the leader of the USSR embraced his

The essence is that the leader of the USSR embraced his

«victim» firmly and kissed on the right cheek at first, then on the left cheek and finally he kissed on the lips. So, that’s why it is used to be called «Triple Brezhnev».
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Some more facts about famous kisses 1. The only American president

Some more facts about famous kisses

1. The only American president who

was «awarded» the kiss was Jimmy Carter.
2. The most famous kiss (with Honecker) was impinted on the Berlin Wall.
3. The photography which captures Leonid Brezhnev and Indira Gandhi’s kiss takes honorable place in her apartment, which is converted into museum now.
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Those ones who managed to dodge the kiss: 1. Margaret Thatcher

Those ones who managed to dodge the kiss:

1. Margaret Thatcher (

1971)
2. Fidel Castro (1974)
3. Nicolae Ceausescu (the only man who refused the kiss directly)