1988 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1988 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. == Incumbents == General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet – Andrei Gromyko (until 1 October, then Mikhail Gorbachev) Premier of the Soviet Union – Nikolai Ryzhkov Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union – Vladimir Terebilov == Events == === January === 7 January – The decision by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union to rename the city of Brezhnev to Naberezhnye Chelny is published.