5 March 1970Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in ForceLeonid Ilyich Brezhnev
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force during Brezhnev's leadership.
Historical records for Russia in 1970, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force during Brezhnev's leadership.
Uses the centenary of Lenin's birth to reaffirm Communist Party leadership and Soviet international priorities.
Kerensky continues political activity connected with revolution studies.
Death of Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky
Venera 7 launches with a reinforced descent capsule intended to survive the extreme pressure and temperature at Venus's surface.
Leads the programme returning lunar soil to Earth without a crew.
The achievement marks robotic lunar sample mission as an important Russian scientific milestone.
The achievement marks first remote lunar rover as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Designs the mobility system used by Lunokhod 1 on the lunar surface.
Venera 7 makes the first successful soft landing on Venus and the first survivable landing on another planet.
Venera 7 continues transmitting after touchdown, returning the first data directly from the surface of another planet.
His memoirs are published abroad as Khrushchev Remembers despite official Soviet disapproval.
Keeps Soviet political and military aid flowing to North Vietnam
Appointed First Party Secretary, Stavropol kraikom
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, could not receive the prize personally in Stockholm at that time, since he was afraid he would not be let back into the Soviet Union
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