Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev16 June 1977
Becomes Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet while remaining Communist Party leader.
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Becomes Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet while remaining Communist Party leader.
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