20 February 1978Order of Victory AwardLeonid Ilyich Brezhnev
Receives the Soviet Order of Victory, an award normally associated with senior Second World War commanders.
Historical records for Russia in 1978, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Receives the Soviet Order of Victory, an award normally associated with senior Second World War commanders.
1 of 5 prominent dissidents released & flown to the USA
1 of 5 prominent dissidents released & flown to the USA
1 of 5 prominent dissidents released & flown to the USA
1 of 5 prominent dissidents released & flown to the USA
1 of 5 prominent dissidents released & flown to the USA
Discusses SALT, European troop reductions and bilateral relations with Helmut Schmidt.
Makes a four-day official visit to West Germany for talks with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.
Gives his Commencement Address condemning modern western culture
Hosts the signing of the Soviet-Vietnamese Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation and emphasizes its strategic importance.
Appointed Secretary for Agriculture of the CPSU Central Committee at its plenum
The achievement marks low-temperature physics as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Receives the Nobel Prize for discoveries in low-temperature physics.
Venera 12 descends through the Venusian atmosphere and transmits scientific measurements from the surface.
Venera 11 reaches Venus and returns atmospheric and surface measurements after a successful descent.
Receives his third Hero of the Soviet Union title.
The Jewish dissedent is prosecuted for being an agent of the CIA
The Jewish dissedent is prosecuted for being an agent of the CIA
Given an honorary Literary Degree from Harvard University
Is elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union while leading the Sverdlovsk region.
Soviet Jewish emigration rises sharply during the later Brezhnev period.
Appointed Official in charge of agricultural production, under Andropov
Supports major road-building projects linking Sverdlovsk with northern industrial districts.
Found guilty of espionage, reason & "anti-Soviet agitation"
This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.