Brezhnev

American  

[brezh-nef, brye-zhnyif] / ˈbrɛʒ nɛf, ˈbryɛ ʒnyɪf /

noun

1. Leonid Ilyich 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.

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Brezhnev British  

/ ˈbrɛʒnɛf, ˈbrjɛʒnɪf /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Corruption and organized crime have been endemic in the former Soviet space since the Brezhnev era.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the early 1980s, however, the leaders of the two superpowers of that time, Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev and President Ronald Reagan, teamed up to drive a knife through that particular fantasy.

From Salon

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