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1 day ago · Brezhnev was given a state funeral after three full days of national mourning, then buried in an individual tomb on Red Square at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. Yuri Andropov, Brezhnev's eventual successor as general secretary, was chairman of the committee in charge of managing Brezhnev's funeral, held on 15 November 1982, five days after his death.
1 day ago · Brezhnev died on 10 November 1982, and was succeeded by Yuri Andropov on 12 November. [52] Andropov, a staunch anti-Stalinist, chaired the KGB during most of Brezhnev's reign. [53] He had appointed several reformers to leadership positions in the KGB, many of whom later became leading officials under Gorbachev. [53]
