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Alexei Kosygin (1967)

Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Косы́гин, Aleksej Nikolajevič Kosygin; 21 February 1904 – 18 December 1980) was a Russian man who was Premier of the Soviet Union. He was a friend of the previous Prime Minister, Nikita Khrushchev. He and Leonid Brezhnev led the country together until he died.

Preceded by Nikita Khrushchev	Prime Minister of the Soviet Union 1964–1980	Succeeded by Nikolai Tikhonov

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Kosygin at the Glassboro Summit Conference, 23 June 1967
Kosygin with US President Lyndon B. Johnson at the 1967 Glassboro Summit Conference
Alexei Kosygin (left) and Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr signing the Iraqi–Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Co-Operation in 1972
A propaganda poster promoting the reform. The poster reads, "We're forging the keys of happiness".
Kosygin (right) shaking hands with Romanian communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu in 1974
Kremlin Wall Necropolis - grave of Kosygin

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