Brezhnev (Russian: Брежнев) is a 2005 biographical TV movie about Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. It originally aired in four parts on Russia's Channel One.[1]

Brezhnev
Written bySergey Snezhkin
Valentin Chernykh
Directed bySergey Snezhkin
StarringSergey Shakurov
Country of originRussia
Original languageRussian
Production
ProducerSergey Melkumov
Running time208 minutes
Production companySlovo
Original release
ReleaseMarch 28, 2005 (2005-03-28)

The movie was an expensive period piece partly filmed in the Kremlin. While nostalgic, the film does not attempt to rehabilitate Brezhnev.[2]

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  1. ^ Слава Тарощина (2012-11-13). "Дорогой Леонид Ильич Брежнев снова с нами". Новая газета. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  2. ^ Boele, Otto (2011). "Remembering Brezhnev in the new millennium: Post-Soviet nostalgia and local identity in the city of Novorossiisk". The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review. 38: 3–29. doi:10.1163/187633211X564157. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
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