Brezhnev and comfortable lifestyle

[Karl Marx's Camel]

Today I read in a history book that Brezhnev had a collection of about 40 imported limo's.

True or not?

[Random Precision]

According to Wikipedia, yes. Brezhnev presided over the period that was simultaneously the greatest economic stagnation and had the highest amount of corruption in the history of the Soviet Union.

[Demogorgon]

Brezhnev was well known for his love of opulence.

He lived in quite a degree of luxuary

[quirk]

I read somewhere once that Nixon presented him with a Limo with a bug included and it was some time before the KGB discovered it.

[Vargha Poralli]

Originally posted by [email protected] 30, 2007 03:19 am
Brezhnev was well known for his love of opulence.

He lived in quite a degree of luxuary
Yeah.

He was also presented the Order of Lenin and Hero of Soviet Union for no reason.

[Xiao Banfa]

Maybe things were better when the eyebrows were lower.

[TC]

totally false and made up; and you're not too bright to believe the useful-to-the-west-wikility of a website where anyone can claim what they want to be true.

[bootleg42]

Originally posted by [email protected] 30, 2007 04:25 pm
I read somewhere once that Nixon presented him with a Limo with a bug included and it was some time before the KGB discovered it.
Sounds funny.

About this whole thing, it's possible but I want some proof other than western bourgeoisie sources.

[LSD]

He was also presented the ... Hero of Soviet Union for no reason.

Four times in fact, along with about 100 other medals; part of one of the more abjectly pathetic personality cults in history.

[chimx]

bourgeoisie sources

What do you mean bourgeois sources? Are you reading books that are authored by people who are capitalists, i.e. owners of the production?

[Axel1917]

I don't know about the limo collection, but as the head of a privileged bureaucratic stratum, it is a fact that he indeed had a good deal of "perks." I don't know about Brezhnev, but I do know that Gorbachev's wife had all kinds of expensive dresses and jewelry.

[Random Precision]

Originally posted by [email protected] 02, 2007 02:27 am
totally false and made up; and you're not too bright to believe the useful-to-the-west-wikility of a website where anyone can claim what they want to be true.
Sorry, I usually can do better than Wikipedia. But Brezhnev is such an easy target that it just wasn't worth pulling out the big guns. I'm surprised that a Stalinist such as yourself is out there defending him, though.

[quirk]

Originally posted by bootleg42+September 02, 2007 02:36 am--> (bootleg42 @ September 02, 2007 02:36 am)
[email protected] 30, 2007 04:25 pm
I read somewhere once that Nixon presented him with a Limo with a bug included and it was some time before the KGB discovered it.
Sounds funny.

About this whole thing, it's possible but I want some proof other than western bourgeoisie sources. [/b]
Well it was from a bourgeois source. It was from a lecture I downloaded by a guy called Gary Hamburg who was an anti communist in my opinion. However does this mean it is necessarily wrong?

[bootleg42]

Originally posted by quirk+September 02, 2007 12:05 pm--> (quirk @ September 02, 2007 12:05 pm)
Originally posted by [email protected] 02, 2007 02:36 am

[email protected] 30, 2007 04:25 pm
I read somewhere once that Nixon presented him with a Limo with a bug included and it was some time before the KGB discovered it.
Sounds funny.

About this whole thing, it's possible but I want some proof other than western bourgeoisie sources.
Well it was from a bourgeois source. It was from a lecture I downloaded by a guy called Gary Hamburg who was an anti communist in my opinion. However does this mean it is necessarily wrong? [/b]
No but you must consider your source. Like I said, it's something believable.

[Leo]

He was also presented the Order of Lenin and Hero of Soviet Union for no reason.

:lol: But oh please, it was the mans birthday after all!

I am not sure whether Brezhnev had lots of limos, it does sound a bit speculative although it is possible and I wouldn't be surprised. I would assume that he lived in quite a luxury anyway.

[Janus]

He was also presented the Order of Lenin and Hero of Soviet Union for no reason.
One was for his "wartime services" but he certainly wasn't the only general secretary to be lavished with medals for ceremonial reasons.

[UndergroundConnexion]

not to defend brezhnev whom i believe to be a straight ****, but state leaders used to give each other gifts and so... so it is well possible that part of these luxuries were presents...