1978 in the Soviet Union

none January 2024 1978 The following lists events that happened during 1978 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Leonid Brezhnev Premier of the Soviet Union: Alexei Kosygin Chairman of the Russian SFSR: Mikhail Solomentsev Events January 24 January – The Kosmos 954 ends its mission February March April 14 April – 1978 Georgian demonstrations 20 April – The Soviet Air Force shoots down Korean Air Lines Flight 902, a civilian airliner that flew into Soviet airspace.Swopes Bryan 2023-04-20 Korean Air Lines Flight 902 This Day in Aviation https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/korean-air-lines-flight-902/ 2024-01-19 en-US 25 April – 18th Komsomol Congress May June 21 June – 1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown: 2 Boeing CH-47 Chinook belonging to the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces strayed into Soviet airspace over the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic during a training mission, resulting in the Shootdown of both aircraft by the Soviet Air Forces.1978-07-18 Soviet Downs Iranian Helicopter After It Strays, Killing the Crew https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/18/archives/soviet-downs-iranian-helicopter-after-it-strays-killing-the-crew.html 2024-07-13 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 July September 28 September – one of the last Forest Brother guerilla movement fighter August Sabbe was discovered and killed in Estonia. October November December Births 25 January – Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine since 2019 Deaths January 2 — Boris Chernousov, 10th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR (b. 1908) January 18 — Ivan Dzerzhinsky, composer (b. 1909) January 28 – Nadezhda Fedutenko, red army officer (b. 1915) February 17 — Artemiy Artsikhovsky, archaeologist and historian (b. 1902) February 19 — Mikhail Zakharov, navy officer (b. 1912) February 27 – Vadim Salmanov, composer (b. 1912) April 4 — Semyon Kirlian, Russian inventor (b. 1898) April 28 — Roman Karmen, film director, war cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, journalist, screenwriter, pedagogue and publicist (b. 1906) May 1 — Aram Khachaturian, composer and conductor (b. 1903) May 25 — Artur Vader, 8th Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR (b. 1920) May 26 — Tamara Karsavina, ballerina (b. 1885) June 24 — Mstislav Keldysh, mathematician (b. 1911) July 17 — Fyodor Kulakov, statesman (b. 1918) July 22 — Mikhail Pervukhin, statesman (b. 1904) July 31 — Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia (b. 1902) September 5 — Nikodim Rotov, Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod (b. 1929) September 27 — Sergei Aslamazyan, composer (b. 1897) September 28 – August Sabbe, Estonian anti-communist of the Forest Brother (b. 1909) October 18 — Ramón Mercader, Spanish communist and NKVD agent (b. 1913) October 21 — Anastas Mikoyan, statesman (b. 1895) October 23 — Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (b. 1896) December 18 — Lev Uspensky, writer and philologist (b. 1900) December 30 — Mark Naimark, mathematician (b. 1909) See also 1978 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1978 1978 1978 References Category:1970s in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union