1985 in the Soviet Union

Tetris () is a puzzle video game created by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer, in the mid-1980s. In Tetris, falling pieces consisting of four connected blocks, known as tetrominoes, must be sorted into a pile. Once a horizontal line of the playfield is filled with blocks, the line disappears, granting points and preventing the pile from reaching the top. This gameplay has been used in approximately 220 versions across at least 70 platforms. Newer versions frequently add game mechanics, some of which have become standard. , Tetris is the second-best-selling video game series, with ove

1985 film by Elem Klimov

Successful attempt to repair Salyut 7

1984 Soviet science fiction miniseries directed by Pavel Arsyonov

1985 Soviet crewed spaceflight to Salyut 7

NPP in Balakovo

1985 Tu-154 crash in the Uzbek SSR

fourth and final TKS spacecraft

1985 novel by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky

album by Kino

mid-air collision

only Progress spacecraft with a Kosmos designation

plane crash

bion satellite

youth festival celebrated in Moscow

Soviet military early warning satellite