Brezhnev's admiration for Western culture, especially music, was well-known.
Brezhnev's admiration for Western culture, especially music, was well-known.
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The Brezhnev years are known as the [[Era of Stagnation]] and marked by rampant corruption. In his later years as his cognitive abilities declined a common joke circulated about him and his chief-of-staff [[Konstantin Chernenko]]: "Brezhnev died, only Chernenko hasn't told him yet.""
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The Brezhnev years are known as the [[Era of Stagnation]] and marked by rampant corruption. In his later years as his cognitive abilities declined a common joke circulated about him and his chief-of-staff [[Konstantin Chernenko]]: "Brezhnev died, only Chernenko hasn't told him yet."
He was succeeded by [[Yuri Andropov]], who then was succeeded by Chernenko.
He was succeeded by [[Yuri Andropov]], who then was succeeded by Chernenko.