1976 in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1976 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents

 * General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Leonid Brezhnev
 * Premier of the Soviet Union: Alexei Kosygin
 * Chairman of the Russian SFSR: Mikhail Solomentsev

February

 * February 24 - 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

June

 * June 1 - The Philippine government opens relations with the Soviet Union.

Births

 * 10 January – Valery Chekalov, Russian mercenary leader (d. 2023)
 * 27 February – Sergei Semak, Russian football player and coach
 * 5 April – Natascha Ragosina, Russian boxer
 * 4 June – Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer and activist (d. 2024)
 * 30 June – Oleg Khorzhan, Moldovan lawyer and politician (d. 2023)
 * 24 July – Yulia Navalnaya, Russian economist and political activist
 * 9 August – Sergei Tyumentsev, former Russian professional football player
 * 31 August – Alikhan Ramazanov, former Russian professional football player

Deaths

 * 11 January – Aleksey Sorokin, member of Soviet cosmonaut program (b. 1931)
 * 26 April – Andrei Grechko, Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union and Minister of Defense (b. 1903)
 * 30 November – Ivan Yakubovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1912)