Era of Stagnation

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The Era of Stagnation (Russian: Пери́од засто́я, romanized: Períod zastóya, or Эпо́ха засто́я Epókha zastóya) is a term used to describe the economic, political, and social era in the history of the Soviet Union that began during the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev (1964–1982) and continued under Yuri Andropov (1982–1984) and Konstantin Chernenko (1984–1985). The term was coined by Mikhail Gorbachev to describe the economic difficulties that developed during Brezhnev's rule. The era is sometimes called the Brezhnevian Stagnation in English.

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