Brezhnev

Brézhnev English Etymology en ru Бре́жнев. Pronunciation en /ˈbɹɛʒnɛv/ /ˈbɹɛʒnəv/ /ˈbɹɛʒnɛf/ /ˈbɹɛʒnəf/ Proper noun s en ru Бре́жнев surname; usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Leonid Brezhnev. en Victory Day was first celebrated in the Soviet Union to mark the 20th anniversary of the German defeat in 1965. What had until then been just another workday became a public holiday which, as Russian historian Kirill Kobrin argues, was used from the outset as a political tool, with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev keen to use the event as a means of boosting the USSR’s image internationally. Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii The never-ending war : How have Putin’s Victory Day speeches evolved over the past quarter of a century? Novaya Gazeta Europe 8 May 2025 https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/05/08/the-never-ending-war-en https://web.archive.org/web/20260123025002/https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/05/08/the-never-ending-war-en 23 January 2026 en uk Бре́жнєв surname Derived terms en Brezhnev Doctrine Brezhnevian Brezhnevism Brezhnevite Translations surname Armenian: hy Բրեժնեւ Azerbaijani: az Brejnev Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 勃列日涅夫, cmn 布里茲涅夫 Dutch: nl Brezjnev French: fr Brejnev German: de Breschnew Greek: el Μπρέζνιεφ Hungarian: hu Brezsnyev Italian: it Brezhnev, it Brežnev Japanese: ja ブレジネフ burejinefu Latin: la Brežnev Lithuanian: lt Brežnev, lt Brežnevas m adapted Marathi: mr ब्रेझनेव Polish: pl Breżniew m Portuguese: pt Brejnev Romanian: ro Brejnev m Russian: ru Бре́жнев Spanish: es Brézhnev Turkish: tr Brejnev Ukrainian: uk Брежнєв m en Cold War Communism Individuals Italian it:Leonid Il'ič Brežnev Alternative forms it Brežnev Etymology it :bor ru:Бре́жнев it ru Бре́жнев. Pronunciation Brèsniev,Brèsnief<r:DiPI><hyph:Brèzh.nev> Proper noun m it ru Бре́жнев surname References it Communism