The following lists events that happened during 1979 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Leonid Brezhnev (1964–1982) Premier of the Soviet Union: Alexei Kosygin (1964–1980)
Events 1979 Soviet economic reform June 18 - SALT II Treaty September 3 - Aeroflot Flight A-513 December 25 - start of Soviet–Afghan War
Births 19 January – Svetlana Khorkina, Russian artistic gymnast 22 January – Olga Dolzhykova, Ukrainian-Norwegian chess player and educator. 26 January - Artem Datsyshyn, Ukrainian ballet dancer (d. 2022) 1 February - Mikhail Rudkovskiy, former Russian professional football player 10 April - Yelena Podkaminskaya, Russian actress 30 July - Denis Churkin, former Russian professional football player
Deaths February 6 — Issa Pliyev, military commander (b. 1903) March 19 — Iskhak Razzakov, 4th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kirghizia (b. 1910) April 16 — Anatoly Kharlampiyev, founder of sambo (b. 1906) April 19 — Aleksandra Troitskaya, microbiologist-leprologist (b. 1896) April 27 — Nikolai Vinogradov, navy officer (b. 1905) May 7 — Aleksei Smirnov, actor (b. 1920) July 1 — Vsevolod Bobrov, athlete (b. 1922) July 2 — Larisa Shepitko, film director and screenwriter (b. 1938) August 12 — Joseph Serebriany, painter and stage decorator (b. 1907) September 25 — Yury Kovalyov, Soviet footballer (b. 1934) December 16 — Vagif Mustafazadeh, jazz pianist and composer (b. 1940)
See also 1979 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1979
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