Word: brezhnevs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whatever reservations Moscow may have about the Polish election, the possibility of Soviet intervention seems extremely remote. Eight years ago, in the heyday of Solidarity's first incarnation, Leonid Brezhnev forced Jaruzelski to break the union. But Gorbachev has long since laid the interventionist Brezhnev Doctrine to rest, repeatedly promising the East * European regimes "mutual respect" and "non-interference in each other's internal affairs." Moreover, Gorbachev considers the reform-minded Jaruzelski an important ally in promoting what he calls "new thinking" throughout the Soviet bloc. Finally, the Soviet leader seems to regard the economic and political experiments in Poland...
...fiery Gdlyan, 48, spent five years uncovering a corruption scandal in Uzbekistan and became a popular hero when it led to the conviction last year of Yuri Churbanov, son-in-law of the late Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev...
...departing Old Guard, dubbed the "dead souls" in a reference to Nikolai Gogol's 19th century novel, read like a Who's Who from the time of Leonid Brezhnev. Included were a former President, a former Prime Minister, five marshals, six generals and a portfolio of onetime Politburo members. What's more, they had "requested" to resign in an extraordinary statement that expressed "unanimous support for the political course of our dear party." As Gorbachev explained to the plenum, "One generation of party members has naturally to replace another...
...thinking than the recent events in Poland. Solidarity leader Lech Walesa signing an agreement, smiling even, with Polish Communist officials. The union grew out of economic despair in 1980 and was crushed the next year by the imposition of martial law, one of the last ironfisted displays of Brezhnev-style authority...
...Brezhnev has suffered an even more dramatic fall from grace. His strongest negative rating, 80%, comes from Communist Party members who bitterly blame him for abusing his post and causing the party's prestige to decline. On the other hand, Nikita Khrushchev, a reformer of sorts who was thrown out of office and saw his reputation tarnished before he died, is enjoying a modest boost in popularity. More than 29% view him favorably, compared with only 5% for Brezhnev...