Leonid Ilyich BrezhnevMay 1967
The KGB gains renewed political importance after Yuri Andropov becomes its chairman.
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The KGB gains renewed political importance after Yuri Andropov becomes its chairman.
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