Leonid Brezhnev, which occurred during the reign of the so-called period of stagnation, does not cause compatriots such heated debate as Stalin or Khrushchev.However, this person is very controversial, and the corresponding period has left a variety of experiences in the public consciousness.
Leonid Brezhnev.During the reign of the Soviet Union
Today this period is associated primarily with the trade deficit in the light industry and the growing backlog of Western Union's main competitor in the heavy.Leonid Brezhnev, during the reign of which occurred in 1964-1982 gg., Even the authorities were unusual for those times way.In the past forty years of the Soviet state it was hard to imagine that its leader can be removed from office through a bureaucratic mechanisms.Both Lenin and Stalin, in spite of the contradictory assessments of its activities, the figures were of such magnitude that a change of government could be realized and implemented only after their death.The end of totalitarianism in the state, including the party purges, put Nikita Khrushchev.Many contributed to this XX Congress of the CPSU in 1956.The government never had such a large scale and the sole leader.As a result, Khrushchev was ousted party decisions in 1964.His successor, Leonid Brezhnev, during whose reign began with the decisions of the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU.This period was the culmination of the development of the Soviet country and at the same time the beginning of its collapse.
Leonid Brezhnev.Years of government and trends in domestic politics
Today this page of national history is called stagnation, recalling the lack of essential commodities and the stagnation of the economy.In fairness it should be noted that one of the first political decisions Leonid Brezhnev at the post was unfolding economic reforms.Activities Alexei Kosygin, launched in 1965, was aimed to transfer part of the planned economy into a market gauge.Essentially a large extended autonomy of the state economic enterprises have been introduced tools that provide financial incentives employees.Indeed, the reform was to give brilliant results.The first Five-Year Plan period, Brezhnev became the most successful in the history of the country.However, the reformers have not brought their beginnings to the end.Reforms, including economic liberalization which achieved obvious results, was not supported by public and political liberalization.The introduction of market mechanisms in the major economic facilities were not completed themselves liberalization of market relations in the country.Actually, half the reforms identified slowdown in the early 1970s.In addition, at this time in Siberia found oil fields, light sulivshie revenues to the treasury, then state leaders finally lose interest in the reform of economic and social life.In the future, more and more well-known growing trend of "crackdown" (mass shootings never happen again, but the house the mentally ill began to talk of the town), reduce the profitability of production, when the industry needed more investment, but gave less results.More and more manifest imbalance in the state economy.The need to invest resources in heavy industry adversely affects the lungs, resulting in the infamous trade deficit.
LIBrezhnev.Years of government and trends in the foreign policy
Besides internal problems, despite all efforts, increasingly become apparent failures in the international arena.If the Khrushchev era, despite its ridiculous epics, the Soviet Union on an equal say with the United States during the Cuban missile crisis and was the first in space, then in 1969 the Americans for the first time ahead of the Union in the landing on the moon.Newest resounding success of the national space program was the first successful landing of a spacecraft on Mars.All the intensity begins to ferment and friendly republics of the socialist camp.The period of stagnation, to a great extent laid the problems that manifested themselves openly during the restructuring and prompted the government to the final collapse.
