What is etymology of the Russian word ‘zastoy’?

Question by chapkovski: what is etymology of the word ‘zastoy’?
This word means [Brezhnev’s] stagnation period in Russian history. But no one knows its origins.

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Answer by Joseph
Have you looked at this dissertation?

http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/dissertations/AAI9713490/

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