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Death and state funeral of Leonid Brezhnev

1982 CE · Soviet Union, Asia · Culture

On 10 November 1982, Leonid Brezhnev, the third General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and the fifth leader of the Soviet Union, died at the age of 75 after suffering heart failure following years of serious ailments. His death was officially acknowledged on 11 November simultaneously by Soviet radio and television.

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