The
history of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, referred to as the
Brezhnev Era, covers the period of
Leonid Brezhnev's rule of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This period began with high economic growth and soaring prosperity, but gradually significant problems in social, political, and economic areas accumulated, so that the period is often described as the
Era of Stagnation.