The following lists events that happened during 1980 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Leonid Brezhnev (1964–1982) Premier of the Soviet Union: Alexei Kosygin (1964–1980), Nikolai Tikhonov (1980–1985)

Events 19 July–3 August – The Olympics take place in Moscow. Soviet–Afghan War

Births 20 February – Zurab Yevloyev, former Russian professional football player 4 May – Mikhail Tsvetkov, Russian high jumper 12 June – Denys Monastyrsky, Ukrainian politician (died 2023) 22 June – Ilya Bryzgalov, former Russian ice hockey player 20 September – Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist

Deaths January 26 — Justas Paleckis, 1st Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR (b. 1899) March 1 — Daniil Khrabrovitsky, screenwriter and film director (b. 1923) March 4 — Vakhtang Ananyan, writer and journalist (b. 1905) March 9 — Nikolay Bogolyubov, actor (b. 1899) March 11 — Mikhail Kaufman, cinematographer and photographer (b. 1897) April 11 — Yakov Zarobyan, 10th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia (b. 1908) April 21 Kirill Ilyashenko, 3rd Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldovian SSR (b. 1915) Alexander Oparin, biochemist (b. 1894) June 3 — Naum Akhiezer, mathematics (b. 1901) June 23 — Vadim Berezinskii, physicist (b. 1935) June 29 — Filipp Agaltsov, Soviet Air Force marshal of aviation (b. 1900) July 14 — Felix Berezin, mathematician and physicist (b. 1931) July 17 — Boris Delaunay, mathematician (b. 1890) July 20 — Lado Gudiashvili, painter (b. 1896) July 25 — Vladimir Vysotsky, singer-songwriter, poet and actor (b. 1938) August 8 — Oleg Kononenko, member of cosmonaut group LII-1 (b. 1938) October 2 — Valentin Varlamov, jet pilot (b. 1934) October 4 — Pyotr Masherov, 20th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (b. 1918) October 15 — Mikhail Lavrentyev, mathematician and hydrodynamicist (b. 1900) November 12 — Andrei Amalrik, writer and dissident (b. 1938) November 20 — Avtandil Gogoberidze, football player (b. 1922) December 4 — Sultan Ibraimov, 4th Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Kirghiz SSR (b. 1927) December 18 — Alexei Kosygin, 8th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1904)

Date unknown Akaki Mgeladze, 12th First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party (b. 1910) Lev Balandin, swimmer (b. 1934)

See also 1980 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1980

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