Brezhnev's trilogy (Russian:Трилогия Брежнева) (1978–79) was a series of three memoirs published under name ofLeonid Brezhnev:
As a part of the publicity campaign, Brezhnev was immediately given theLenin Prize, the highest Soviet literary award, after publication of the trilogy.[1] The books were also available as aPhonograph recording and there were plans to stage it in theatre, where Brezhnev's favourite actorVyacheslav Tikhonov would have performed the role of Brezhnev.
The books became a butt of numerouspolitical jokes. The public considered it extremely unlikely that Brezhnev, who was visibly senile by then and had severe trouble speaking, was the true author. Indeed, in the 1990s many theories about the true authorship came to light, most probably a group of Moscow journalists led byLeonid Zamyatin wrote those books. In summer 1987, the books were removed from bookshops and turned intowaste paper.[2]
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