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In 1964, Brezhnev ousts Khrushchev from the Soviet leadership in a coup.  A biography of Brezhnev is given.  He would firmly establish his leadership in 1965 and afterwards and remained leader until his death in 1982.  During time it seemed that Soviet Union was strong but internal weakness was undermining it.