1955 in the Soviet Union

none April 2015 1955 The following lists events that happened during 1955 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 – Kliment Voroshilov Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union – Georgy Malenkov (until 8 February), Nikolai Bulganin (starting 8 February) Events February 27 February 1955 Estonian Supreme Soviet election 1955 Soviet Union regional elections May 14 May – Warsaw Pact June 2 June – Belgrade declaration November 15 November – Władysław Gomułka initiates talks about the Repatriation of Poles (1955–59). 22 November – The first Soviet hydrogen bomb, RDS-37, is tested. 30 November – The 1st Soviet Antarctic Expedition begins. December 31 December – The Pospelov Commission is set up. Births 1 January – Gennady Lyachin, Russian submarine captain (d. 2000) 29 January – Zebiniso Rustamova, archerZebiniso RUSTAMOVA - Olympic Archery USSR https://www.olympic.org/zebiniso-rustamova International Olympic Committee 23 April 2019 en 14 June 2016 10 February – Oksana Shvets, Ukrainian actress (d. 2022)Oksana Shvets, famed Ukrainian actress, killed in Russian missile strike 22 March – Valdis Zatlers, President of Latvia 16 May – Olga Korbut, Belorussian Olympic gymnast 11 June – Yuriy Sedykh, Ukrainian hammer thrower (d. 2021) 1 July – Nikolai Demidenko, pianist 7 August – Vladimir Sorokin, writer 7 September – Efim Zelmanov, mathematician 13 October – Sergei Shepelev, ice hockey player Deaths 6 January – Yevgeny Tarle, historian (born 1874) 19 March – Leonid Govorov, military commander (born 1897) 30 September – Michael Chekhov, actor (born 1891) See also 1955 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1955 References 1955 1955 Category:1950s in the Soviet Union Category:Years in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union