Back Nikolai Podgorni Afrikaans نيكولاي بودجورني Arabic Nikolái Podgorni AST Мікалай Віктаравіч Падгорны Byelorussian Nikolaj Viktorovič Podgornyj Czech Nikolaj Podgornyj Danish Nikolai Wiktorowitsch Podgorny German Nikolai Podgorny English Nikolái Podgorni Spanish Nikolai Podgornõi Estonian
Nikolai Victorovich Podgorny (18 February [O.S. 5 February] 1903 – 12 January 1983) was a Soviet statesman. He served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the head of state of the Soviet Union, from 1965 to 1977.
Nikolai Podgonry | |
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Николай Подгорный | |
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| President of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 9 December 1965 – 16 June 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Anastas Mikoyan |
| Succeeded by | Leonid Brezhnev |
| Second Secretary of the CPSU | |
| In office 15 July 1964 – 9 December 1965 | |
| Preceded by | Leonid Brezhnev |
| Succeeded by | Mikhail Suslov |
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| Born | 18 February 1903 Karlovka, Russian Empire |
| Died | 12 January 1983 (age 79) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Soviet |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the party(CPSU) |
| Occupation | statesman |
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