In his memoirs, former President Richard Nixon alleged that Brezhnev was a
"ladies man", and had appeared at Camp David with his own personal
masseuse.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
(1964-1982).
According to the results of a public opinion poll in 2013, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was recognized as the best head of state in the USSR in the XX century.
In total, Brezhnev had 117 Soviet and foreign state awards.
The film "In the name of peace on earth" was made about Brezhnev's visit to the USA.
In February 1961, an incident occurred with the plane in which Brezhnev was, involving a plane from the French Air Force.
Leonid Brezhnev was a participant in the Victory Parade on Red Square on June 24, 1945 as political officer of the combined regiment of the 4th Ukrainian Front.
The funeral of Brezhnev was attended by heads of state and government of more than 35 countries of the world.
In 1964 he took part in organizing the removal of N. S. Khrushchev.
At the funeral of Brezhnev in November 1982, a US state delegation headed by Vice President George H.W. Bush and Secretary of State George Shultz arrived in Moscow.
CPSU official.
Being less than a month shy his 76th birthday when he passed in November 1982, he is currently the eldest-sitting leader of Russia in recent centuries.