Day of Notables-Leonid Breshnev Flashcards
When was Leonid Brezhnev born?
December 19, 1906 in Kamenskoye, Ukraine
When did Leonid Brezhnev die? How?
Died November 10, 1982 at age 75 from a heart attack
Where did Leonid Brezhnev live as a child?
In an industrial town in the Ukraine
How many siblings did he have?
2
Why did he leave school at age 15?
To work at a butter-making factory. He also continuing as a part time student in land surveying.
What party did he join in his rise to fame?
The communist party
What happened after World War II?
He had many promotions, and became major general.
What happened after he left the army in 1946?
He became the party official.
What happened after he became party official?
He became the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Moldavian S.S.R.
What is the Central Committee of the Moldavian S.S.R. ?
A republic group of the Soviet Union.
What happened after Leonid Brezhnev became first secretary of the Central Committee of the Moldavian S.S.R. ?
He went to Moscow to serve under their committee.
When did he really gain nationality?
When he was elected for first secretary of the Central Committee of the Moldavian S.S.R.. Also, when he became the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
How will he be remembered?
As an important influence to the Soviet Union to the world.
What did Brezhnev bring along to the Soviet Union?
A period of economic stagnation, or slow economic growth in the Soviet Union, by causing political corruption throughout the area.
