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| Arrest of Dissidents Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych |  |
| 27th April Moscow 5 prominent dissidents are released & flown to the United State |
| Arrest of Dymshytz Dymshitz, Mark | |
| 27th April 1 of 5 prominent dissidents released & flown to the USA |
| Arrest of Gins Gins, George | |
| 27th April 1 of 5 prominent dissidents released & flown to the USA |
| Arrest of Ginzburg Ginzburg, Alexander | |
| 27th April 1 of 5 prominent dissidents released & flown to the USA |
| Arrest of Kuzentsov Kuzentsov, Eduard | |
| 27th April 1 of 5 prominent dissidents released & flown to the USA |
| Arrest of Moroz Moroz, Valentyn | |
| 27th April 1 of 5 prominent dissidents released & flown to the USA |
| Arrest of Shcharansky Shcharansky, Anatoly | |
| The Jewish dissedent is prosecuted for being an agent of the CIA |
| Deputy Supreme Council Yeltsin Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Appointed Deputy of the USSR Supreme Council |
| Diplomacy Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| Moscow Vietnam joins the Comecon |
| Dismissal Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 11th Nov The Moscow City Party Committee meets, with Gorbachev in attendance, and strips Yeltsin of his post as first secretary |
| Emigration Jews Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| Moscow A record 51,320 Jews are allowed to emigrate |
| Official Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Appointed Official in charge of agricultural production, under Andropov |
| Politburo Shevardnadze, Eduard | |
| Appointed Member of the Politburo |
| Secretary CPSU Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 27th Nov Moscow Appointed Secretary for Agriculture of the CPSU Central Committee at its plenum |
| Trial of Shcharansky Shcharansky, Anatoly | |
| Found guilty of espionage, reason & "anti-Soviet agitation" |
