1962 in the Soviet Union

none March 2022 1962 The following lists events that happened during 1962 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union — Nikita Khrushchev Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union — Leonid Brezhnev Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union — Nikita Khrushchev Events 1962 Soviet nuclear tests Operation Anadyr June June 1–2 — Novocherkassk massacre June 17 — K-3 becomes the first Soviet submarine to reach the North Pole. The Triumph and Tragedy of the Leninskiy Komsomol http://rusnavy.com/history/events/lenkom.htm rusnavy.com 2015-04-30 June 30 — Aeroflot Flight 902 crashes 28 kilometers east of Krasnoyarsk airport, killing all 84 on board.Criminal occurrence description http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19620630-2 Aircraft Safety Network Flight Safety Foundation 30 April 2015 October October 14–28 — The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs between the United States and Soviet Union over the deployment of Soviet ballistic missiles to Cuba. Births January 1 — Vladimir Popov, Russian wrestler (d. 2025) January 4 — Natalya Bochina, sprinter January 17 — Igor Surovikin, Russian professional football coach and former player January 22 — Lyudmila Dzhigalova, Russian athlete April 6 — Natalie Holland, Russian-born contemporary artistNatalie Holland Store norske leksikon 2007 http://snl.no/Natalie_Holland Norwegian August 30 — Alexander Litvinenko, former KGB and FSB colonel (d. 2006) September 5 — Tatyana Koshkaryova, Russian journalist November 5 – Irina Mishina, Russian journalist and television presenter Deaths January 6 — Marziyya Davudova, actress (b. 1901) February 22 — Boris Vannikov, politician and political commissar (b. 1897) March 11 — Viacheslav Ragozin, chess player, writer and editor (b. 1908) March 19 — Vasily Stalin, general and son of Joseph Stalin (b. 1921) June 9 — Andrey Khrulyov, military commander (b. 1892) June 16 — Aleksei Antonov, general (b. 1896) June 27 — Paul Viiding, poet, author and literary critic (b. 1904) September 19 — Nikolai Pogodin, playwright (b. 1900) October 28 — Vera Pashennaya, stage and film actress and pedagogue (b. 1887) See also 1962 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1962 References 1962 1962 Category:1960s in the Soviet Union Category:Years in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union