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The most obvious POd if you want to avoid the Stagnation is to kill of Brezhnev. Let's say Brezhnev dies after a massive heart attack on April 15, 1965. Alexey Kosygin is now the General Secretary of the CPSU. On OTL, Kosygin lived until 1980 and always tried to implement reforms - transforming the Soviet Union's industry to a more consumer-based one. I assume that Yuri Andropov becomes Kosygin's successor and still dies in 1984.

So, how would Kosygin's reign look like? What about Vietnam, Afghanistan and so on?
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