Lyubov Brezhneva
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Lyubov Yakovlevna Brezhneva was a niece of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev
(an illegitimate but acknowledged daughter of Leonid's brother, Yakov Brezhnev). She was hounded by the KGB
for many reasons including being somewhat liberal
in her political philosophy and for being in love with a soldier from East Germany.
She wrote a book about her experience called The World I Left Behind. She describes the hypocrisy of the Soviet system from the point of view of a member of the privileged elite. However she also says that they were also prisoners of the system
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She begged her father to protect her from the KGB, but he could do nothing and eventually the KGB beat her so severely as to cause a miscarriage.
She described the two-tier system of shops and other goods that were available to members of the Soviet elite, in contrast with the barren shops available for the ordinary person. She described the aimless job she worked at an office where rooms full of people had nothing to do but file their fingernails. Some of her friends went off to work in hard labor simply because they could not stand being part of the system.
She found a new boyfriend. She later fled to a Soviet satellite state and from there to the United States
where she lives to this day.
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev – 10 November 1982) was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. His eighteen-year term as General Secretary was second only to that of Joseph Stalin in...
(an illegitimate but acknowledged daughter of Leonid's brother, Yakov Brezhnev). She was hounded by the KGB
KGB
The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
for many reasons including being somewhat liberal
Liberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
in her political philosophy and for being in love with a soldier from East Germany.
She wrote a book about her experience called The World I Left Behind. She describes the hypocrisy of the Soviet system from the point of view of a member of the privileged elite. However she also says that they were also prisoners of the system
System
System is a set of interacting or interdependent components forming an integrated whole....
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She begged her father to protect her from the KGB, but he could do nothing and eventually the KGB beat her so severely as to cause a miscarriage.
She described the two-tier system of shops and other goods that were available to members of the Soviet elite, in contrast with the barren shops available for the ordinary person. She described the aimless job she worked at an office where rooms full of people had nothing to do but file their fingernails. Some of her friends went off to work in hard labor simply because they could not stand being part of the system.
She found a new boyfriend. She later fled to a Soviet satellite state and from there to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
where she lives to this day.