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'''Leonid Brezhnev''' (1906 - 1982) was part of an internal coup that stripped the [[Soviet Union]]'s leader, [[Nikita Khrushchev]], of power in 1964 because of Khruschev's reform efforts. Brezhnev became the new head of the Soviet Union and remained so until his death in 1982.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>
'''Leonid Brezhnev''' (1906 - 1982) was part of an internal coup that stripped the [[Soviet Union]]'s leader, [[Nikita Khrushchev]], of power in 1964 because of Khruschev's reform efforts. Brezhnev became the new head of the Soviet Union and remained so until his death in 1982.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>
Brezhnev's ethnicity was listed as Ukrainian in official Soviet documents.<ref>[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/a/ac/Brezhnev_LI_ListKadr_1942.jpg L.I. Brezhnev military card]</ref><ref>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brezhnev_LI_OrKrZn_NagrList_1942.jpg</ref><ref>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brezhnev_LI_Pasport_1947.jpg</ref>
Brezhnev's ethnicity was listed as [[Ukrainian]] in official Soviet documents.<ref>[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/a/ac/Brezhnev_LI_ListKadr_1942.jpg L.I. Brezhnev military card]</ref><ref>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brezhnev_LI_OrKrZn_NagrList_1942.jpg</ref><ref>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brezhnev_LI_Pasport_1947.jpg</ref>
==Early life==
==Early life==