Who took over as First Secretary post Khrushchev's ouster?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Boris Yeltsin
Leonid Brezhnev
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Leonid Brezhnev was a Soviet statesman who led the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982. He came to power after the ouster of Nikita Khrushchev in 1964 and served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. Brezhnev was a conservative leader who sought to maintain the status quo in the Soviet Union.
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