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In the 1970s, what you refer to as Russia was still the USSR and included all the small the countries that have since become its satellites. This was the period that just preceded glasnost. The man who ran Russia for almost the entire decade was Leonid Brezhnev.
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∙ 9y agoLeonid Brezhnev from the 14th of October 1964 until the 10th of November 1982
Yuri Andropov from the 12th of November 1982 until the 9th of February 1984
Konstantin Chernenko from the 13th of February 1984 until the 10th of March 1985
Mikhail Gorbachev from 11th of March 1985 until the 25th of December 1991
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∙ 12y agoNikita Khruschev
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∙ 12y agoSTALIN
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Was gorbachev the last communist leader of USSR?
Yes, Mikhail Gorbachev was the last Communist leader of the USSR. Moreover, Gorbachev was the last leader of the USSR, period, as the USSR ceased to exist in 1991 while Gorbachev was in power - and thanks in no small part to Gorbachev's reforms of the late 1980s.
What nation in the cold war possessed more nuclear weapons?
from 1945 until the 1980s, the US.since the 1980s, the USSR and now Russia.
Who was the leader of the USSR Russia during the 1962 Missile Crisis?
Premier Nikita Khrushchev was the leader of the USSR in 1962.
How did SDI contribute to the collapse of the USSR?
By the late 1980s the USSR could not compete with the USA in financial terms during the Cold War
USSR leader during world war 2?
Joseph Stalin was the leader of the USSR according to my Social Studies textbook.
What country was Gorbachev the leader of?
USSR
War time leader of USSR?
Stalin
Who was the leader of the USSR when it dissolved?
Vladimir Lenin
Which country was the leader of the eastern bloc?
The USSR
Who was the leader of the USSR when Yuri Gagarin became the first to go into space?
WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE USSR WHEN YURI GAGARIN BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO GO INTO SPACE
Who was the leader when Russia colapsed?
President Gorbachev was the leader who oversaw the collapse of the USSR.
What was Stalins empire called?
Stalin was not an emperor and did not have an empire. He was the leader for many years of the USSR
