As in 1970,[2] Russians, Ukrainians, Uzbeks, and Belarusians were the largest ethnic groups in the Soviet Union in 1979.

[3] Specifically, there were 137,397,089 Russians, 42,347,387 Ukrainians, 12,455,978 Uzbeks, and 9,462,715 Belarusians living in the Soviet Union in 1979.

[1] Overall, other parts of the Caucasus and Central Asia also experienced large growth between 1970 and 1979 while the slowest-growing SSRs during this time were the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, and the Byelorussian SSR (all of which only grew by 6% between 1970 and 1979).

[1] Indeed, while males only made up 46.1% of the Soviet Union's total population in 1970, this figure increased to 46.7% by 1979.

[7] Meanwhile, the ethnic German population in the Soviet Union increased from 1,846,317 in 1970[2] to 1,936,214 in 1979.