All-Union Population Censuses were carried out in the USSR ( which included RSFSR and the other republics ) in 1920 ( urban only ), 1926, 1937, 1939, 1959, 1970, 1979, and 1989.

Egyptian president Sadat in 1979 after signing of Camp David peace accord severed military and economic relations with the USSR ( by that time the USSR provided a lot of assistance to Egypt and supported it in all its military operations against Israel ).

In the year of the 60th anniversary of the Soviet cinema ( 1979 ), on April 25, a decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR established a commemorative " Day of the Soviet cinema ".

Subsequent talks, called SALT II, were held from 1972 to 1979 and actually reduced the number of nuclear warheads held by the USA and USSR.

Russo-Sudanese relations were minorly damaged when, in 1971 members of the Sudanese Communist Party attempted to assassinate then-president Gaafar Nimeiry, and Nimeiry pegged the blame on the USSR, thus enhancing Sudanese relations with the West, and were damaged again when Sudan supported the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan when the USSR invaded in 1979.

In 1979 Edward Teller contributed to a Hoover Institution publication where he claimed that the US would be facing an emboldened USSR due to their work on civil defense.

Despite the efforts of the United States, Israel, Egypt, and others to obtain an extension of the UN role in observing the peace between Israel and Egypt, as called for under the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty of 1979, the mandate could not be extended because of the veto by the USSR in the security council, at the request of Syria.

He insisted on the invasion, although he expected that the international community would blame the USSR for this action ; the decision led to the Soviet war in Afghanistan ( 1979 – 1989 ).

On April 14, 1979, the Afghan government requested that the USSR send 15 to 20 helicopters with their crews to Afghanistan, and on June 16, the Soviet government responded and sent a detachment of tanks, BMPs, and crews to guard the government in Kabul and to secure the Bagram and Shindand airfields.

* Scott and Scott, The Armed Forces of the USSR, Westview Press, Boulder, Co., 1979

The USSR discovered the bitter truth for its 1979 misadventure in Afghanistan as the British found that out in the 19th Century, and withdrew its last troops in 1988 from the so known " graveyard of empires "-Afghanistan.

Starting six months before the invasion of Afghanistan by the USSR on 27 December 1979, the Afghan Mujahideen were supplied with large quantities of military supplies.

In response, the PRC denounced the Vietnamese deposition of their Maoist client-leader, and retaliated by invading northern Vietnam, in the Sino-Vietnamese War ( 1979 ); in turn, the USSR denounced the PRC ’ s invasion of Vietnam.

In December 1979, the USSR invaded the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan to sustain the Afghan Communist government.

In 1979, he confidently asserted that " The armed forces of the USSR are on a high level that ensures the accomplishment of any tasks set by the party and the people ".

* Why The Soviet Bureaucracy is not a New Ruling Class ( Ernest Mandel comments on Sweezy's view of the USSR 1979 )

" The 1970, 1979, and 1989 censuses added to these questions one on " other language of the peoples of the USSR " that an individual could " freely command " ( свободно владеть ).

It was built between 1979 and 1986 by USSR.

In 1974-1976 IBM had contacted the Soviet authorities and expressed interest in ES EVM development ; however, after the Soviet Army entered Afghanistan, in 1979, all contacts between IBM and ES developers were interrupted, due to the US embargo on technological cooperation with the USSR.

Following a resolution of the government of the USSR in 1979 / 80 20, 000 army personnel, 1, 000 tanks and much equipment was withdrawn from the territory of the GDR, among them 6th Guards Tank Division, HQ Wittenberg.

Jones accompanied President Jimmy Carter to Vienna, Austria, in June 1979 for the final stage of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II negotiations with the USSR.

From 1987 to 1991, the International Association on the Political Use of Psychiatry published forty-two numbers of Documents on the Political Abuse of Psychiatry in the USSR archived by the Columbia University Libraries in archival collection Human Rights Watch Records: Helsinki Watch, 1952 – 2003, Series VII: Chris Panico Files, 1979 – 1992, USSR, Psychiatry, International Association on the Political Use of Psychiatry, Box 16, Folder 5 – 8 ( English version ) and Box 16, Folder 9 – 11 ( Russian version ).

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ( born Prince Louis of Battenberg ; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979 ), was a British statesman and naval officer, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and second cousin once removed to Elizabeth II.

On March 13, 1979, the New Jewel Movement launched an armed revolution which removed Gairy, suspended the constitution, and established a People's Revolutionary Government ( PRG ), headed by Maurice Bishop who declared himself prime minister.

After four years of rule, the Khmer Rouge regime was removed from power in 1979 as a result of an invasion by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and was replaced by moderate, pro-Vietnamese Communists.

After two years in power, Yhombi-Opango was accused of corruption and deviation from party directives, and removed from office on February 5, 1979, by the Central Committee of the PCT, which then simultaneously designated Vice President and Defense Minister Col. Denis Sassou-Nguesso as interim President.

Under normal circumstances, Gretzky would have been removed from the Oilers and placed in the pool for the 1979 NHL Entry Draft, but his personal services contract prevented this.

Agnew's official portrait was removed damnatione memoriae from the Maryland State House Governor's Reception Room from 1979 until 1995.

1979 Evinrude Outboard Motors | Evinrude 70 hp outboard, cowling and air silencer removed, exposing its shift / throttle / ignition timing | spark advance linkages, flywheel, and three carburetors

* Deputy Cletus Hogg ( Rick Hurst ) ( 1979 – 82 ), Boss Hogg's second cousin twice removed, is also generally friendly and dim-witted.

All of these rights were removed from the constitution after Deng's government suppressed the Democracy Wall movement in 1979.

Originally created with eight colors, pink and turquoise were removed for production purposes and as of 1979, it consists of six colored stripes, which should always be displayed with red on top or to left.

The 1979 – 80 season saw the Clippers begin to struggle despite adding center Bill Walton, a San Diego native who was two years removed from an NBA Championship with the Trail Blazers.

Later, pink and indigo were removed from the flag to lead to the present day flag which was first presented at the 1979 Pride Parade.

Following his resignation due to charges of corruption, Agnew's official gubernatorial portrait was removed Damnatio memoriae from the Maryland State House Governor's Reception Room from 1979 until 1995.

The line was removed in 1979 after a washout four years prior.

In the Los Angeles Times ( July 3, 1979 ), Joe Stone, an ex-referee and boxing writer, asserted that in film of the fight an object could be seen lying on the canvas after the final knockdown and that this object appears to be removed by someone who seems to be from Dempsey's corner.

However, in 1979 these panes were removed after the carillon was expanded and due to complaints that the panes were muffling the sound.

Between 1979 and 1988, the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania removed 199 signals that did not meet any of the warrants.

Up until the relegation, it was one of the only six clubs to have never been removed from the first division, along with Internacional, Cruzeiro, Flamengo, Santos and São Paulo, though the last two ( even they never played any of the lower divisions ), didn't participate in the 1979 Brazilian Championship's 1st division, in order to avoid conflicts with Paulista Championship schedule.

However, in 1971, Ceaușescu felt threatened by Iliescu-as he was seen as Ceaușescu's heir apparent-and he was marginalized by and removed from all major political offices, being assigned vice-president of the Timiș County Council ( 1971 – 1974 ), and later president of the Iași Council ( 1974 – 1979 ).

In 1979, its congress adopted a new programme, Our Future, which did not commit the group to Marxism and removed the policy of democratic centralism.

A sample of Anderson's tissue, part of her intestine removed during her operation in 1979, had been stored at Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia.

It was then removed from their live set, although Page continued to perform parts of the bowed guitar segment during solo spots in 1977 and 1979 ( as preludes to " Achilles Last Stand " and " In the Evening ", respectively ).

Rails along this section were removed in 1979 as the result of a grant of abandonment from the Canadian Transport Commission. In 1977 the CP abandoned part of the Osoyoos Subdivision from Okanagan Falls to Osoyoos.

A run down lodge, formerly used as an overnight stay for dam workers, was removed in 1979.