1971 in the Soviet Union
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The following lists events that happened during 1971 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents[edit]
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Leonid Brezhnev[1]
- Premier of the Soviet Union: Nikolai Bulganin
- Chairman of the Russian SFSR: Mikhail Yasnov
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- January 1 - Veronika Mavrikievna and Avdotya Nikitichna, a comic variety duet of actors, appear in the telecast 'Terem-Teremok'.[2]
April[edit]
Births[edit]
- February 27 - Zaal Udumashvili, Georgian politician
- April 21 - Valentin Morkov, Russian professional football coach and a former player
Deaths[edit]
- January 10 - Nadezhda Peshkova, artist (born 1901)
- January 31 – Viktor Zhirmunsky, literary historian and linguist (born 1891)
- April 12 – Igor Tamm, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1895)
- April 29 – Nikolai Barabashov, Ukrainian astronomer (born 1894)
- June 18 - Vladimir Biryukov, lexicographer (born 1888)
- July 22 - Roman Mashkov, military intelligence officer (born 1922)[4]
- September 11 - Nikita Khrushchev, former First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (born 1894)
- September 28 - Vasily Butusov, footballer (born 1892)
- October 17 – Sergey Kavtaradze, Soviet politician and diplomat (born 1885)
References[edit]
- ^ Chubarov, Alexander (2003). Russia's Bitter Path to Modernity: A History of the Soviet and post-Soviet Eras. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 60. ISBN 978-0826413505.
- ^ «Звёзды эфира». Вероника Маврикиевна и Авдотья Никитична
- ^ "Soviet Sends Another Space Vehicle Into Orbit", The New York Times, April 19, 1971, p4
- ^ "1971 in the Soviet Union". Герои страны ("Heroes of the Country") (in Russian).