1944 in the Soviet Union

none January 2021 1944 The following lists events that happened during 1944 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Kalinin Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin Events January 14 – WWII: Soviet troops start the offensive at Leningrad and Novgorod. January 17 – WWII: Soviet Union ceases production of the Mosin–Nagant 1891/30 sniper rifle. January 29 – WWII: Koniuchy massacre: Soviet and Jewish partisans kill at least 38 villagers in Koniuchy, Poland (modern-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania). March 6 – WWII: Soviet Army planes attack Narva, Estonia, destroying almost the entire baroque old town. March 9 – WWII: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia, killing 757 and leaving 25,000 homeless. March 15 – Soviet Union introduces new anthem, replacing The Internationale. May 9 – WWII: In the Russian city of Sevastopol, Soviet troops completely drive out German forces. May 12 – WWII: Soviet troops finalize the liberation of the Crimea. May 18 – WWII: Deportation of the Crimean Tatars by the government of the Soviet Union.Williams Brian Glyn https://books.google.com/books?id=r7zQCwAAQBAJ The Crimean Tatars: From Soviet Genocide to Putin's Conquest 2015-11-10 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-049472-8 en June 9 – WWII: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin launches the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive against Finland, with the intent of defeating Finland before pushing for Berlin.Nenye Vesa https://books.google.com/books?id=zb6gCwAAQBAJ Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941-45 Munter Peter Wirtanen Toni Birks Chris Osprey Publishing 2016 978-1472815262 270 June 22 – WWII: Operation Bagration: A general attack by Soviet forces clears the German forces from Belarus, resulting in the destruction of German Army Group Centre, possibly the greatest defeat of the Wehrmacht during WWII. June 25 – WWII: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala (the largest battle ever in the Nordic countries) begins between Finnish and Soviet troops. Finland is able to resist the attack and thus manages to remain an independent nation.Koskimaa Matti Veitsenterällä : vetäytyminen Länsi-Kannakselta ja Talin-Ihantalan suurtaistelu kesällä 1944 WSOY 1993 951-0-18811-5 July 3 – WWII: Soviet troops liberate Minsk. July 8: The Mother Heroine award is established. July 10 – WWII: Soviet troops begin operations to liberate the Baltic countries. September 5 – WWII: The Soviet Union declares war on Bulgaria. September 6 – WWII: Tartu Offensive in Estonia concludes with Soviet forces capturing Tartu. September 19 – WWII: An armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, ending the Continuation War. September 22 – WWII: The Red Army captures Tallinn, Estonia. October 9 – WWII: Fourth Moscow Conference: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin begin a 9-day conference in Moscow to discuss the future of Europe. December 14 – Soviet government changes Turkish place names to Russian in the Crimea. December 18 – Joseph Stalin celebrates his 66th birthday. Births April 6 – Zoya Krylovahttps://imwerden.de/pdf/izvestiya_ck_kpss_1990_11__ocr.pdf Известия ЦК КПСС. 1990. № 11 1990 News of the Central Committee of the CPSU Moscow, Russia 40 ru News of the Central Committee of the CPSU. 1990. No. 11 Крылова Зоя Петровна Krylova Zoya Petrovna 0235-7097 25 January 2026 ImWerden fr Im Werden ru ImWerden uk ImWerden Deaths December 13 – Wassily KandinskyDüchting Hajo https://books.google.com/books?id=z76AeDVf_RkC Wassily Kandinsky, 1866-1944: A Revolution in Painting Kandinsky Wassily 2000 Taschen 978-3-8228-5982-7 88 en See also 1944 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1944 "1944" (song), a song performed by Jamala References 1944 1944 Category:1940s in the Soviet Union Category:Years in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union