1 March 1982Venera 13 Colour ImagesRoald Sagdeev
Venera 13 returns colour panoramas of the Venusian surface and analyses nearby soil.
Historical records for Russia in 1982, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Venera 13 returns colour panoramas of the Venusian surface and analyses nearby soil.
Venera 13 lands on Venus and begins an exceptionally productive surface science session.
Venera 14 lands on Venus and returns further images and direct measurements of surface material.
Announces through a message to the United Nations that the Soviet Union will not be the first to use nuclear weapons.
Makes one of his final public appearances during the Revolution Day ceremonies shortly before his death.
Death of Leonid Brezhnev
Dies near Moscow at age seventy-five after eighteen years as Soviet Communist Party leader.
Appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party
Receives a state funeral in Moscow attended by Soviet officials and foreign leaders.
Informal diplomatic contacts explore possible terms for a future Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Death of Varlam Shalamov
Death of Vassili Chuikov
Appointed Deputy Minister of the gas industry
Publication of "Foundations Edge"
Starobinsky develops an inflationary model from corrections to general relativity
Appointed President of Russia, 1st term, acting
Appointed Member of Presidium of the Central Committee
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