Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev3 August 1968
The policy later called the Brezhnev Doctrine asserts a Soviet right to defend Communist rule within the Eastern Bloc.
Russia · Government / Communist Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The policy later called the Brezhnev Doctrine asserts a Soviet right to defend Communist rule within the Eastern Bloc.
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