Alexei Kosygin
Soviet politician
Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Косы́гин, Aleksej Nikolajevič Kosygin; 21 February 1904 – 18 December 1980) was a Russian man who was Premier of the Soviet Union. He was a friend of the previous Prime Minister, Nikita Khrushchev. He and Leonid Brezhnev led the country together until he died.
Preceded by Nikita Khrushchev |
Prime Minister of the Soviet Union 1964–1980 |
Succeeded by Nikolai Tikhonov |