He succeeded Brezhnev in 1982
[DOC] [TLE] Leonid Brezhnev - LiquiSearch [PAR] He presided over the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia to stop the ... 
Brezhnev died on 10 November 1982 and was quickly succeeded in his post as... [DOC] [TLE] Understanding Russian Politics - Cambridge University Press [PAR] In early 1982 Leonid Brezhnev was apparently at the height of his powers.