Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev12 December 1979
Joins the Politburo decision approving Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.
Russia · Warfare / Russia War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Joins the Politburo decision approving Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.
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