1979 in the Soviet Union
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
- Premier of the Soviet Union: Alexei Kosygin
Events
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
- 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
- March 19 — Iskhak Razzakov, 4th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kirghizia
- April 16 — Anatoly Kharlampiyev, founder of sambo
- April 19 — Aleksandra Troitskaya, microbiologist-leprologist
- April 27 — Nikolai Vinogradov, navy officer
- May 7 — Aleksei Smirnov, actor
- July 1 — Vsevolod Bobrov, athlete
- July 2 — Larisa Shepitko, film director and screenwriter
- August 12 — Joseph Serebriany, painter and stage decorator
- September 25 — Yury Kovalyov, Soviet footballer
- December 16 — Vagif Mustafazadeh, jazz pianist and composer