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“It is madness for any country to build its policy with an eye to nuclear war.”

Quote by Leonid Brezhnev

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Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, a key political figure in the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Born on December 19, 1906, and died on November 10, 1982, his leadership had a profound impact on the political, economic, and military policies of the Soviet Union. more

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