The following lists events that happened during 1982 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union:
Leonid Brezhnev (Until November 10) Yuri Andropov (Starting November 12)
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union:
Leonid Brezhnev (Until November 10) Vasily Kuznetsov (Starting November 10) (acting)
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union:
Nikolai Tikhonov
Events March 17 — Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev declared his government's decision to freeze the deployment of medium range nuclear armaments in the European part of USSR. March 24 — A speech was delivered by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in Tashkent to normalize Sino-Soviet relations. May 24 — Yuri Andropov, the chairman of the KGB is appointed to the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. September 21 — Joint Soviet-Indian Declaration. November 10 — Leonid Brezhnev, who led the Soviet Union for 18 years, dies at 75. November 12 — Yuri Andropov was elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. November 15 — The State Funeral of Leonid Brezhnev was held and he was buried at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. December 1–5 — 1982 Prize of Moscow News.
Births June 9 — Mamuka Bakhtadze, 13th Prime Minister of Georgia June 28 — Irakli Garibashvili, 11th & 15th Prime Minister of Georgia
Deaths January 19 — Semyon Tsvigun, KGB officer (b. 1917) January 25 — Mikhail Suslov, Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1902) March 18 — Vasily Chuikov, military commander (b. 1900) April 4 — Dzhabar Rasulov, 8th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajik SSR (b. 1913) April 12 — Vitaly Goryaev, painter, graphic illustrator and caricaturist (b. 1910) April 25 — Boris Andreyev, actor (b. 1915) May 12 — Aleksandr Borisov, stage and film actor, film director, screenwriter and singer (b. 1905) May 25 — Nikolai Mikhailov, 3rd Minister of Culture (b. 1906). May 28 — Motiejus Šumauskas, 2nd Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR (b. 1905) June 11 — Anatoly Solonitsyn, actor (b. 1934) June 24 — Nikita Salogor, 2nd First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia (b. 1901) July 29 — Vladimir Smirnov, foil and épée fencer (b. 1954) August 8 — Zinovie Serdiuk, 6th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia (b. 1903) September 21 — Ivan Bagramyan, military commander (b. 1897) November 10 — Leonid Brezhnev, 4th Leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1906) November 28 — Ivan Hrushetsky, 7th Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR (b. 1904)
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