This man was the target of an assassination attempt by Viktor Ilyin.
This man was the target of an assassination attempt by Viktor Ilyin. His official cult of personality was centered on an exaggerated version of his role at Malaya Zemlya. This leader's negotiations with a rival nation's leader failed to prevent the passage of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, which proposed sanctioning his nation. This leader shared power with Nikolai Podgorny and Aleksey Kosygin, and he negotiated SALT II and initiated détente. The Pravda article "Sovereignty and the International Obligations of Socialist Countries" introduced a policy named for this man that justified intervention in other socialist nations; that policy was his namesake doctrine that led to his invasion of Afghanistan. For 10 points each, name this leader effectively in charge of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982.
This man was the target of an assassination attempt by Viktor Ilyin.
Leonid Ilich {Brezhnev}