Fall of Saigon Response
Sees North Vietnam victory as a success for a Soviet backed ally
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1975 in Russia
Explore 21 historical events and records for Russia in 1975.
Historical records for Russia in 1975
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April
June
Venera 10 Launch
Venera 10 launches as part of a paired orbiter-and-lander mission to Venus.
July
Apollo-Soyuz Docking
Joins Leonov during the first international crewed docking.
Apollo-Soyuz Docking
Docks Soyuz 19 with the American Apollo spacecraft.
Helsinki Meeting with Gerald Ford
Meets Gerald Ford during the European security summit and discusses arms control and bilateral relations.
August
Helsinki Final Act
Signs the Helsinki Final Act with leaders of thirty-four other participating states.
Helsinki Conference Address
Addresses the European security conference and presents détente as a foundation for lasting peace.
Helsinki Meeting with Giscard d'Estaing
Meets French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing during the Helsinki summit.
October
First Images from Venus
The achievement marks first images from venus as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Venera 9 Landing
Supports the planetary programme that lands Venera 9 on Venus.
Venera 10 Landing
Venera 10 lands successfully on Venus and returns measurements from the hostile surface environment.
Venera 10 Surface Images
Venera 10 returns panoramic black-and-white images from Venus, extending the first photographic survey of the planet's surface.
Other events (month unknown)
Education
Putin graduates from the International Branch of the Law Department of the Leningrad State University
KGB (Committee for State Security)
Serves in the 5th Directorate of the KGB, which combated political dissent in the Soviet Union. Recruited into the KGB. Putin joins the KGB in 1975 upon graduation from university, and underwent a years training at the 401st KGB school in Okhta, Leningrad
Lenin in Zurich
Solzhenitsyn published Lenin in Zurich, literary historical material related to The Red Wheel.
Leningrad State University
Putin graduates from the International Branch of the Law Department of the Leningrad State University
Nobel Prize
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, founder of the Soviet human rights committee
Politics
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, founder of the Soviet human rights committee
President of Russia
Appointed President of the Soviet Academy of Sciences
Sverdlovsk Regional Party Secretary
Is elected a secretary of the Sverdlovsk regional Communist Party committee.
The Oak and the Calf
Solzhenitsyn published The Oak and the Calf, a memoir of literary struggle under censorship.
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