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Leonid Ilyich /lay"euh nid il"yich/ ; Russ. /lyi u nyeet" ee lyeech"/ , 1906-82, Russian political leader: first secretary of the Soviet Communist party 1964-66; general secretary 1966-82; president of the Soviet Union 1960-64, 1977-82.