<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - UBrezhnev wathatha isikhundla sikaKhrushchev njengomholi waseSoviet ngo-1964. I-Brezhnev Era 19641982 yaqala ngokukhula okukhulu kwezomnotho nokuchuma okukhulu, kodwa kancane kancane izinkinga ezinkulu ezindaweni zenhlalo, ezombusazwe nezomnotho zanqwabelana. Ukugxuma kwezenhlalo kwaqala ngemva kokuba uBrezhnev ethathe izintambo, lapho ehoxisa izinguquko eziningana zikaKhrushchev futhi wavuselela ngokwengxenye izinqubomgomo zikaStalin. Abanye abahlaziyi babheka ukuqala kokuma komphakathi njengokuqulwa kwecala likaSinyavsky-Daniel ngo-1966, okwaphawula ukuphela kweKhrushchev Thaw, kanti abanye bakufaka ekucindezelweni  <response>: wePrague Spring ngo-1968. Ukuma kwezombusazwe kwalesi sikhathi kuhlotshaniswa nokusungulwa kwe-gerontocracy, eyaba khona njengengxenye yenqubomgomo yokuzinza. 