Soviet news broadcast covering the death of Leonid Brezhnev (1982) youtube.com/watch?v=iCRYA…
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was a Soviet politician. The fifth leader of the Soviet Union, he was General Secretary of the Central Committee of the governing Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982. Ideologically, he was a Marxist-Leninist.
November 18, 1970, Leonid brezhnev and Richard Nixon meet up during a UN Summit to talk about the recent conflict happening in Egypt.
Born today : December 19th - Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the USSR, "During (his) rule, the global influence of the Soviet Union grew dramatically", "criticized for marking the beginning of an era of economic and social stagnation that eventually led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo…
What if Leonid Brezhnev never became the leader of the Soviet Union? Would the Soviet Union have still stagnated?
Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Soviet Union from 1964-1982
Leonid Brezhnev had some historically bad eyebrows.
Galina Brezhneva (1929 - 1998), the daughter of Soviet leader Leonid (1906 - 1982) Brezhnev, dancing on a table during a "home holiday". / Photo by: Yuri Rybczynski, Russia early 1990s
Rare photo of Leonid Brezhnev with a suspected capitalist agent in 1973 colourized
colorized leonid brezhnev (1950s) original image is in the comments
TIL Soviet Army deserter Viktor Ilyin attempted to assassinate Leonid Brezhnev in 1969 during a motorcade. His shots missed Brezhnev, but killed a limousine chauffeur, Ilya Zharkov, who was driving as a substitute on his last day before retirement. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vik…
Leonid Brezhnev criticizing Nikita Krushchev c.1964
[3931x5291] Fidel Castro embracing Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, USSR, 1974 /r/HistoryPorn
Comrade Leonid Brezhnev arrival at Lviv train station, Ukraine. March 25, 1975. [OC][2750 x 2083] more in comments
For an individual who has given us so much deserves everything from us in return. At 92 years old I'm sad from time to time knowing that death will come for this man soon one day. Our country owes him a full State funeral when that day comes. And we will mourn as one. Sir David Attenborough. My hero
TIL That when the famous pirate Henry Morgan died, an amnesty was declared so pirates and privateers could come and pay their respects without fear of arrest. He was also given a state funeral in Port Royal, and buried with a 22-gun salute. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen…
John McCain brought Misery, Poverty, Destruction & Death to millions of people wherever he went. McCain should have spent his last days in jail after being convicted of Treason - not getting a State Funeral. ian56.blogspot.com/2014/0…
TIL That Paul Tibblets, the pilot of the Enola Gay when it dropped Little Boy on Hiroshima, did not have a funeral or headstone on his death, fearing it would become a site for protest. Instead he was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the English Channel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pau…
Thousands chant 'death to America' at funeral of Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani independent.ie/world-news…
Probably the most incredible live performance I've ever witnessed, and I don't get how these songs are not #1, 2 and 3 in his Hall of Fame top 10. Here's Devin Townsend - Funeral, Bastard, Death of Music - live at Royal Albert Hall 2015 youtube.com/watch?v=1oJEB…
Been having a awful start to March. Death of my aunt and what would have been my brothers 16th birthday has put me in a bad spot. Got my aunts funeral tomorrow. Some toasting could cheer me up.
The mother of Mohammed Ali Khan, 15, mourns his death during a public funeral. Khan was one of the 149 students and staff murdered during a 2014 mass shooting at the Army Public School Peshawar in Pakistan. 114 were also injured in the attack which was perpetrated by 7 members of Tehrik-i-Taliban.
"Do not attend my funeral. Bury me without jade or gold treasures and stay on the frontier. The nation is still unstable." Death of Cao Cao and the founding of the Three Kingdoms. (update on my attempt at a historically accurate playthrough)
TIL Bruce Lee's corpse is featured in his final film. The studio pieced together the 14 minutes they had, rewrote the story so the main character fakes his death and gets plastic surgery and shot the rest of the film using a stunt double and recycled footage, including footage of Bruce Lee's funeral youtu.be/Fyvzidxs_SY
TIL: Fufu, pet poodle of Current King of Thailand was given the rank of Air Chief Marshal in the Royal Thai Air Force and attended galas dressed in formal evening attire complete with paw mitts. The death of Fufu in 2015 was followed by four days of Buddhist funeral rites. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuf…
The Blobbies #23: Grief is Boundless. CW: themes of death and funerals.
157 years ago today the January Uprising of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire began. Just last year in November, the ceremony of the State Funeral of the commanders and participants of the uprising took place in Vilnius, Lithuania.
TIL Siakam earned a scholarship to New Mexico State, but on the eve of the Aggies’ pre-season in 2014, Siakam’s dad Tchamo was killed in a car accident. At his family’s urging, he chose to stay in the U.S. rather than travel home for the funeral and risk losing his scholarship over visa issues. sportsnet.ca/basketball/n…
If i ever die i want to my funeral have big screen and ai playing undertale at asriel fight but instead of asriel theres just big word "death" at her place
also when funeral ends theres gonna be but it refused. at screen.
[WP] Necromancy exists and companies who use reanimated workers offer people large sums of money upfront in exchange for using their bodies after death. Yesterday was your formal funeral. Today is your first day at your new job.
TIL that Pope John Paul ll's funeral resulted in the largest gathering of heads of state, presidents, and religious leaders in all of history. It also inspired the largest christian pilgrimage in history, with 4 million people gathering in the Vatican. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop…
(Serious) Given the lockdown/quarantines around the world at the moment, those who have dealt with the death of family/friend in the last week how did you cope and how was the funeral handled?
TIL that Winston Churchil`s funeral (1965) was the largest state funeral in world history up to that time, with representatives from 112 nations. In Europe, 350 million people, including 25 million in Britain, watched the funeral on television, and only the Republic of Ireland did not broadcast it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win…
Peter Dinklage plays the gay lover in both the original UK version and the American remake of Death at a Funeral.
[DIPLOMACY] The Obituary and State Funeral of Governor Jonah Garnier
OAKLAND (California AP) - Jonah Garnier, Commissioner of the National Football League, Chairman of the Oakland Raiders Conference, and first Governor of California, died Wednesday, January 17. Governor Garnier has spent the last five months at his home in Claremont Hills, meeting with family, colleagues, and friends.
Jonah Garnier has, since his resignation of the office of Governor, come to be known as the Father of California. His stable rule for the last decade led California to become a major power in the American West, and brought about the complete reunification of the State. If future Governors do great things it will be because they walked the path carved by Governor Garnier.
Born October 3rd, sixty years before the founding of the State of California, Jonah Garnier was 67 when he passed. He is survived by his wife of forty-five years, Sandra, his three children, Jack, Milo, and Grace, and a two year old grandson who bears his name.
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Having laid in state at the Capital building for several days, the casket of the Father of California has been moved to the California State Cathedral. The day will be filled with eulogies and remembrances of the former Governor before his private burial tomorrow at the Oakland State Cemetery.
The Members of the California State Assembly, military leadership, Justices of the California Supreme Court, foreign dignitaries, several retired political allies and rivals, and the family of all of these people, have assembled to give their condolences to the Garnier family, and their respects to the Governor.
