1978 in the Soviet Union

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← 1977 1976 1975 1978 in the Soviet Union → 1979 1980 1981
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	History of the Soviet Union List of years in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1978 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.