Witness History: Archive 2011 - The Death of Leonid Brezhnev

The Soviet leader died in November 1982 after years of ill health.

He had ruled the USSR for 18 years and presided over a period of economic and political stagnation.

Image: Associated Press

Published on Wednesday, 9th November 2011.

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