Resignation of Alexei Kosygin as Soviet premier

Title

Resignation of Alexei Kosygin as Soviet premier

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

24 Oct 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:02:34

Description

Report on the resignation of Alexei Kosygin as Prime Minister of the Soviet Union after 16 years in office. Includes a reading of his resignation letter, and Kosygin himself speaking about the Russian Revolution (overdubbed with English translation). Kosygin will be succeeded by Nikolai Tikhonov. Female reporter not identified; male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Alexei Kosygin

Keywords

Politics; USSR; Prime ministers; Communism; Politicians; Political leaders; Communists; Leonid Brezhnev; Russian Revolution (1917); Resignations (political); Alexei Kosygin; Nikolai Tikhonov

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