1976 in the Soviet Union

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The following lists events that happened during 1976 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents

Events

January

February

February 24 — 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union^[2]

March

April

May

June

June 1 — The Philippine government opens relations with the Soviet Union.^[3]

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)^[4]
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)^[5]
May 11 — Serafima Birman, actress, theatre director and writer (b. 1890)
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)
December 15 — P. S. Raman, Singaporean diplomat (b. 1920)

References

^ Chubarov, Alexander (2003). Russia's Bitter Path to Modernity: A History of the Soviet and post-Soviet Eras. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 60. ISBN 978-0826413505.
^ Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Staff (1982). Soviet Union. Congressional Quarterly, Incorporated. ISBN 9780871872326.
^ "Soviet and Philippines Agree on Establishing Ties". The New York Times. AP. June 2, 1976. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ Исторический архив (in Russian). Исторический архив. 2007. p. 26. OCLC 44087723.
^ Dennis Kavanagh (1998). "Andrei Grechko". A Dictionary of Political Biography. Oxford: OUP. p. 196. Archived from the original on 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2017-08-24.^{[ISBN missing]}

[1] Chubarov, Alexander (2003). Russia's Bitter Path to Modernity: A History of the Soviet and post-Soviet Eras. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 60. ISBN 978-0826413505.

[2] Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Staff (1982). Soviet Union. Congressional Quarterly, Incorporated. ISBN 9780871872326.

[3] "Soviet and Philippines Agree on Establishing Ties". The New York Times. AP. June 2, 1976. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[4] Исторический архив (in Russian). Исторический архив. 2007. p. 26. OCLC 44087723.

[5] Dennis Kavanagh (1998). "Andrei Grechko". A Dictionary of Political Biography. Oxford: OUP. p. 196. Archived from the original on 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2017-08-24.^{[ISBN missing]}

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Dependencies, colonies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Incumbents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

September

October

November

December

Births

Deaths

See also

References