In what year did Kosygin retire?
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Answer
Alexei Kosygin retired from the office of Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union in 1980. He had held the office since 1964, and had been a major figure in Soviet politics since the 1930s. His retirement was part of a broader shakeup of the Soviet leadership, which was carried out by Leonid Brezhnev, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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