Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev7 May 1960
Becomes Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, serving as the Soviet Union's head of state.
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Becomes Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, serving as the Soviet Union's head of state.
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