The following lists events that happened during 1976 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
February February 24 — 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
March
April
May
June June 1 — The Philippine government opens relations with the Soviet Union.
July
September
October
November
December
Births January 10 — Valery Chekalov, Russian mercenary leader (d. 2023) February 27 — Sergei Semak, Russian football player and coach April 5 — Natascha Ragosina, Russian boxer April 12 — Andrei Lipanov, Russian ice skater April 21 — Elisabet Reinsalu, Estonian actress May 28 — Alexei Nemov, former Russian artistic gymnast June 4 — Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer and activist (d. 2024) June 17 — Peter Svidler, Russian chess grandmaster June 26 — Alexander Zakharchenko, Ukrainian separatist leader (d. 2018) June 30 — Oleg Khorzhan, Moldovan lawyer and politician (d. 2023) July 21 — Tatyana Lebedeva, Russian track and field athlete July 24 — Yulia Navalnaya, Russian economist and political activist July 25 — Timur Mutsurayev, Chechen singer-songwriter August 6 — Andero Ermel, Estonian actor August 9 — Sergei Tyumentsev, former Russian professional football player August 31 — Alikhan Ramazanov, former Russian professional football player September 19 — Sergey Tsinkevich, Belarusian professional football referee September 26 — Kersti Heinloo, Estonian actress September 28 — Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial arts fighter September 29 — Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian footballer October 5 — Ramzan Kadyrov, 3rd Head of the Chechen Republic October 25 — Anton Sikharulidze, Russian figure skater November 5 — Oleh Shelayev, Ukrainian footballer November 23 — Chiril Gaburici, 10th Prime Minister of Moldova December 26 — Dmitri Tertyshny, Russian professional ice hockey denfenceman (d. 1999)
Deaths January 11 — Aleksey Sorokin, member of Soviet cosmonaut program (b. 1931) February 27 — Vladimir Lemeshev, football player and coach (b. 1911) March 5 — Otto Tief, Estonian politician, military commander and lawyer (b. 1889) March 25 — Nikolai Kulakov, navy officer (b. 1908) April 26 — Andrei Grechko, 4th Minister of Defence (b. 1903) May 11 — Serafima Birman, actress, theatre director and writer (b. 1890) June 8 — Mikhail Katukov, armor commander (b. 1900) August 6 — Maria Klenova, marine geologist (b. 1898) August 30 — Pyotr Koshevoy, military commander (b. 1904) November 20 — Trofim Lysenko, agronomist and scientist (b. 1898) November 30 — Ivan Yakubovsky, 3rd Commander-in-chief of the Warsaw Pact (b. 1912) December 3 — Alexander Novikov, chief marshal of aviation for the Soviet Air Force (b. 1900)
See also 1976 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1976
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