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Friday, November 12, 2021

Leonid Brezhnev receives a friend

 Brezhnev receives a longtime friend in his office, who greets him with "Leonid Ilyich!"

"Please, no formalities among comrades!" Brezhnev replies. "Just call me Ilyich!"

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