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For the purposes of this chapter, the post-Stalin era is confined mostly to the years of N.S. Khrushchev and L.I. Brezhnev. The latter’s rule commenced in October 1964, when he replaced the former, and lasted until his death in November 1982.
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Porket, J.L. (1989). The Post-Stalin Era. In: Work, Employment and Unemployment in the Soviet Union. St Antony’s. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10930-2_5
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