On December 19, 1906, in the village of Kamenskoye, Yekaterinoslavskaya province, the future Soviet statesman and politician, Marshal of the Soviet Union, head of the USSR (1964-1982) Leonid Brezhnev was born. Various sources provide ambiguous data on the date of his birth - in some it is December 19, 1906, and in others - January 1, 1907. However, in Soviet times, it was customary to celebrate the birthday of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU on December 19