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The General Secretary: the Brezhnev Years

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2/2. For 18 years Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was one of the two most powerful men on Earth. His bushy eyebrows and stern appearance became known to millions around the globe. Yet history seems to have passed him by. Miles
Kington reassesses his life and asks how much heart attacks and strokes affected his judgement. Did someone else give the order to invade Afghanistan? And why did he kiss the cowboy actor Chuck Connors ? Producer Neil George

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Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
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Chuck Connors
Producer:
Neil George
Source: Radio Times

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