Brezhnev

[ brezh-nef; Russian brye-zhnyif ]

noun

1. Le·o·nid Il·yich [ley, -, uh, -nid , il, -yich, lyi-uh-, nyeet, ee-, lyeech], 1906–82, Russian political leader: first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party 1964–66; general secretary 1966–82; president of the Soviet Union 1960–64, 1977–82.

Brezhnev

/ ˈbrɛʒnɛf; ˈbrjɛʒnɪf /

noun

1. BrezhnevLeonid Ilyich19061982MRussianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Leonid Ilyich (lɪaˈnit ˈilitʃ). 1906–82, Soviet statesman; president of the Soviet Union (1977–82); general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party (1964–82)

Example Sentences

After, the two teams toured the world together, meeting President Gerald Ford and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.

From Seattle Times

Yet for more than 200 years, Russia’s governance had been autocratic and every ruler from Catherine the Great to Leonid Brezhnev had achieved domestic stability through incessant foreign expansion.

From Salon

"There were good tsars and bad ones. We had Stalin and Brezhnev. You can change a leader, but it makes little difference to our lives."

From BBC

The speech is a tradition started by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, and is a key holiday event in Russia, watched by millions.

From BBC

Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev called on Washington to join in enforcing the cease-fire, threatening that Moscow would act on its own if the United States balked.

From Los Angeles Times