Ideologies / Leninist-Marxist / Leonid Brezhnev
§ The minds · 1906–1982 · Soviet Union · General Secretary
Leonid Brezhnev
The era of stagnation
Stability, orthodoxy, and limited sovereignty.
Economic−92
SocialistMarket
Governance+80
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−10
TraditionalProgressive
The long-serving Soviet leader whose conservative, stability-first rule entrenched the one-party system even as the planned economy stagnated.
social
Conservative within communism — order and continuity over reform.
economic
Maintained the centrally planned economy as growth slowed into stagnation.
governance
Hardened one-party control; the Brezhnev Doctrine over the bloc.
Notable for
- 18 years leading the USSR
- The Brezhnev Doctrine
- Détente with the West
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