1980 in the Soviet Union

← 1979 1978 1977 1980 in the Soviet Union → 1981 1982 1983
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	History of the Soviet Union List of years in the Soviet Union

"Russia 1980" redirects here. For the Olympic Games held in Moscow, see 1980 Summer Olympics.

The following lists events that happened during 1980 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Leonid Brezhnev (1964–1982)^[1]
• Premier of the Soviet Union: Alexei Kosygin (1964–1980), Nikolai Tikhonov (1980–1985)

Events

• 19 July–3 August – The Olympics take place in Moscow.^[2]
• Soviet–Afghan War

Births

• 20 February – Zurab Yevloyev, former Russian professional football player^[3]
• 12 June – Denys Monastyrsky, Ukrainian politician (died 2023)
• 22 June – Ilya Bryzgalov, former Russian ice hockey player
• 20 September – Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist

Deaths

• 1 March – Daniil Khrabrovitsky, film director (born 1923)
• 9 March – Nikolay Bogolyubov, actor (born 1899)
• 11 March – Mikhail Kaufman, cinematographer and photographer (born 1897)
• 11 April – Yakov Zarobyan, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia (1960–1966) (born 1908)
• 7 July – Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia (born 1901)
• 17 July – Boris Delaunay, mathematician (born 1890)
• 20 July – Lado Gudiashvili, painter (born 1896)
• 25 July – Vladimir Vysotsky, singer-songwriter, poet and actor (born 1938)
• 4 October – Pyotr Masherov, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (1965–1980) (born 1918)
• 20 November – Avtandil Gogoberidze, football player (born 1922)
• 18 December – Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (1964–1980) (born 1904)
• Date unknown
  • Akaki Mgeladze, First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party (1952–1953) (born 1910)

See also

• 1980 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
• List of Soviet films of 1980

References

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. Bell, Daniel (17 March 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 519. ISBN 978-1-4766-1527-1.
3. 1980 in the Soviet Union at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)