Leonid Brezhnev
Also Known As: Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, Леонид Ильич Брежнев, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, Леонид Брежнев, Леонід Брежнєв, Léonid Brejnev
Biography: Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, born in Kamenskoe, Yekaterinoslav governorate, Russian Empire - Soviet statesman, politician and party figure who held the highest leadership position in the CPSU for 18 years (from 1964 until his death in 1982). First Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee in 1964-1966 and General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee from 1966 to 1982. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1976). Four times Hero of the Soviet Union (1966, 1976, 1978, 1981), Hero of Socialist Labor (1961). Candidate member of the Presidium of the Central Committee (1952-1953; 1956-1957), Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1952-1953; 1956-1960, 1963-1964). In 1960-1964 - Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Chairman of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU for the RSFSR from 1964 to 1966. Deputy of the Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (3rd-10th convocations, 1950-1982). Member of the Union of Journalists of the USSR and the Union of Writers of the USSR. Cavalier of eight Orders of Lenin. Laureate of the International Lenin Prize "For Strengthening Peace Among Nations" (1973) and the Lenin Prize for Literature (1979). In 1978 he was awarded the Order of Victory (in 1989 this award was cancelled by decree signed by the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev as being contrary to the statute of the order). In total, Brezhnev had 117 Soviet and foreign state awards. He participated in the Great Patriotic War and the Victory Parade on Red Square on June 24, 1945 (political officer of the combined regiment of the 4th Ukrainian Front).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kamenskoe, Yekaterinoslavskaya guberniya, Russian Empire
Adult: No
Birthday: December 19, 1906
Age: 118 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: November 10, 1982
Popularity:
Known For:
The Society of the Spectacle
Overview: Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-05-01
Popularity:
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
Overview: About the difficult political situation in the world related to the arms race.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1979-01-01
Popularity:
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
Overview: The three-hour-long documentary covers 25 years in the life of Nicolae Ceaușescu and was made using 1,000 hours of original footage from the National Archives of Romania.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2010-10-29
Popularity:
Czechoslovakia 1968
Overview: Short documentary about 50 years of history of Czechoslovakia, with archive images.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-31
Popularity:
Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2
Overview: Historic Russian battles to repel invaders serve as prelude to the story of events that redrew the map of Eastern Europe and parts of Asia in the 20th century. Following the turmoil of the Bolshevik Revolution, Communist Russia faces the venom of Nazi aggression. 1940's film footage reveals the harsh reality of total war, as the Red Army and Soviet civilians alike confront a brutal and tenacious enemy. The following decades are darkened by tensions between the USSR and foreign powers, and violent measures taken to silence voices of dissent. Finally, the Soviet people's yearning for a freer society leads to accelerating reforms and the ultimate dissolution of the USSR.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-20
Popularity:
Within These Walls: A Tour of the White House
Overview: A special that takes a look inside the White House.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
Popularity:
Burden of the Gypsies
Overview: A film about the life of the Roma people, the most closed ethnic group today. Influential thieves' clans, barons and drug lords, early marriages, artists on stage and in life, anti-Roma riots in Europe and Roma riots in Russia - the whole truth about the problems, sorrows and joys of the modern Roma community.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2016-03-21
Popularity:
Going to Hell
Overview: A documentary film exposing the truth about psychics and fortune-tellers. All the ins and outs of magical TV shows and services of the most famous psychics with evidence, names and prices.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2019-01-08
Popularity:
Space Sailors
Overview: They were heroes of a special kind. They came from the steppes, the sons of farmers, of factory floor women. Salt-of-the-earth, strapping young men, model husbands, who believed in communism with all their hearts. Bright futures lay ahead of them. In the name of the Inter-cosmos Program they were about to conquer space. The second they touched down, they were treated like pop stars and worshiped as heroes. And today? What do the heroes of socialism do without socialism?
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2010-01-21
Popularity:
Venceremos, solidaridad
Overview: Anonymous short documentary released immediately after the Chilean military coup of 1973. It recapitulates the presidency of Salvador Allende which was terminated by the military coup that assassinated him and installed a dictatorship. The documentary captures the aftermath of the event and the efforts of international protesters and diplomats in their claim for justice.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1973-12-31
Popularity:
Urho Kekkonen - valtiomies, presidentti
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1967-10-17
Popularity:
Agnelli
Overview: Documentary about the life of Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli, an influential Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-18
Popularity:
:03 from Gold
Overview: The 1972 Olympic men's basketball final, in which Team USA suffered their first ever loss in Games competition, was one of the most controversial events in the history of both the Olympics and basketball.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-18
Popularity:
Disco and Atomic War
Overview: A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2009-04-10
Popularity:
1979: Big Bang of the Present
Overview: Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measures in the United Kingdom. Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution in Iran. Pope John Paul II's visit to Poland. Saddam Hussein's rise to power in Iraq. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The nuclear accident at the Harrisburg power plant and the birth of ecological activism. The year 1979, the beginning of the future.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-12-10
Popularity:
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
Overview: At the Winter Olympics of 1980, after two tense weeks amidst growing Cold War fears, the U.S. Olympic hockey team found themselves playing improbably against the legendary unbeatable Soviet Army hockey team for Olympic Gold. From the live footage taken at Lake Placid, NY, and through interviews beginning with the team's assembly through the experience of winning the gold medal.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-08
Popularity:
The Spy Who Fell to Earth
Overview: Based on Dr. Ahron Bregman's book, this documentary examines the life and mysterious death of Ashraf Marwan, an Egyptian billionaire and double agent.
Genres: Documentary History Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-01
Popularity:
The Cars We Drove into Capitalism
Overview: A cinematic, character-driven insight to what it meant to produce and to own a car in communist times: the Socialist propaganda dreams and the hard reality of living that dream. The freedom that these slow and clumsy vehicles were giving to their owners; the cars as an instrument in the Cold War battle; legends and homemade tune-ups as an attempt to stand at least a little bit off the crowd.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 2021-10-27
Popularity:
The Story of the Communist
Overview: A documentary dedicated to Leonid Brezhnev.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1976-12-06
Popularity:
O Sport, You Are Peace!
Overview: A 1981 documentary film directed by Yuri Ozerov. It showed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. The director was awarded the State Prize of the USSR in 1982. The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1981-09-18
Popularity:
Kyiv Symphony
Overview: The film is dedicated to the 1500th anniversary of Kiev.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: uk
Release Date: 1982-10-20
Popularity:
Karpov Plays with Karpov
Overview: The film tells about the social activities of the world chess champion Anatoliy Karpov, his scientific work and hobbies, about the preparation for the 1981 World Cup. A dream of any chess spectator and greetings from 1980 to modern attempts to introduce elements of the show into the organization of super tournaments.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1980-01-01
Popularity:
Palme
Overview: Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets of Stockholm. In one night, the country of Sweden was transfigured. “Palme” is about his life, his time, and about the Sweden he had created. About a man who altered history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2012-09-14
Popularity:
Memory of the People
Overview: Dedicated to the memory of L.I. Brezhnev.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1982-11-12
Popularity:
The Helsinki Effect
Overview: The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was the starting point for the slow but sure collapse of communist authoritarian rule in Eastern Europe. The Helsinki Effect offers new perspectives on the events of the Cold War. The film tells the story of the CSCE process, which had a major impact on the end of the Cold War, and sheds light on secret top-level discussions behind closed doors, through voice simulations using artificial intelligence.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2025-02-21
Popularity: