Today in History - May 7, 1960 - Leonid Brezhnev Becomes President of U.S.S.R

Leonid Brezhnev Becomes President of the U.S.S.R. - May 7, 1960


  We must never forget the rising up of Communism in the 20th Century. One key event was the selection of Leonid Brezhnev as the chairman of the presidium of the Soviet Supreme. This would be the equivalent of being a U.S. president, only in the Soviet Union. Leonid Brezhnev was one of Nikita Khrushchev's most trusted proteges and this event helped him to rise to power in Russia.
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