Leonid Brezhnev By simona.zduoba Dec 19, 1906 Leonid Brezhnev was born Jan 5, 1931 Joined the Communist Party No actual specific date Jan 1, 1965 Soviet Version of ROTC is restored Jan 1, 1967 Brezhnev Began to Tighten his grip on the Politiburo May 1, 1968 Formulated the Brezhnev Doctrine Aug 21, 1968 Soviet Union inavades Prague in order to crush nascent liberal reforms Jan 1, 1974 USSR agrees to ease emigration policy,in retrun gets to trade with USA Jan 1, 1977 Elected President under new constitution Jun 1, 1979 Launched Soviet Union into Afghanistan Nov 10, 1982 Leonid Brezhnev died due to a heart attack
