Deceased
How Did Leonid Brezhnev Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 75Also known asLeonid Ilyich Brezhnev, Леонид Ильич Брежнев, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, Леонид Брежнев, Леонід Брежнєв, Léonid BrejnevGenderMaleNationalitySoviet UnionBorn19/12/1906Born inKamenskoe, Yekaterinoslavskaya guberniya, Russian EmpireDied10/11/1982 (aged 75)Died inZarechyeCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ765165 ↗Buried atKremlin Wall NecropolisTMDb#556764 ↗
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982. He also held office as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1960 to 1964 and later from 1977 to 1982. His tenure as General Secretary and leader of the Soviet Union was second only to Joseph Stalin's in duration.
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| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Helsinki EffectMovie | Self (archive footage) | 119 |
| 2021 | The Cars We Drove into CapitalismMovie | Self (archive footage) | 115 |
| 2019 | 1979: Big Bang of the PresentMovie | Self - Politician (archive footage) | 113 |
| 2019 | Going to HellMovie | Self (archive) | 113 |
| 2017 | Код доступаSeries | Self | 111 |
| 2017 | A Dying King: The Shah of IranMovie | Self (archive footage) | 111 |
| 2017 | AgnelliMovie | Self (archive footage) | 111 |
| 2016 | Legends of CinemaSeries | Self (archive footage) | 110 |
| 2012 | PalmeMovie | Self (archive footage) | 106 |
| 2009 | Disco and Atomic WarMovie | Self (archive footage) | 103 |
| 2002 | :03 from GoldMovie | Self (archive footage) | 96 |
| 2002 | Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey TeamMovie | Self (archive footage) | 96 |
| 1996 | Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2Movie | Self (archive footage) | 90 |
| 1991 | Within These Walls: A Tour of the White HouseMovie | Self (archive footage) | 85 |
| 1984 | Red Star Over KhyberMovie | Self | 78 |
| 1982 | TrialMovie | Self (archive footage) | 76 |
| 1981 | O Sport, You Are Peace!Movie | Self - Opens the Olympics | 75 |
| 1979 | Incendiaries from the Celestial EmpireMovie | Self (archive footage) | 73 |
| 1978 | Maoism: A Tragedy for ChinaMovie | Self (archive footage) | 72 |
| 1976 | The Story of the CommunistMovie | Himself | 70 |
| 1969 | Czechoslovakia 1968Movie | Self (archive footage) | 63 |
| 1967 | Urho Kekkonen - valtiomies, presidenttiMovie | — | 61 |