1923 in the Soviet Union

none November 20251923 The following lists events that happened during 1923 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets – Mikhail Kalinin Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Vladimir Lenin Events April 17–25 April – 12th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) June 16 June – The Yakut Revolt ends with the defeat of the White Army. October 15 October – The Declaration of 46 is sent. Births January 9 — Eduard Kolmanovsky, People's Artist of the USSR (d. 1994) January 13 — Daniil Shafran, cellist (d. 1997) January 15 — Yevgeny Vesnik, actor (d. 2009) January 27 — Vladimir Aleksenko, Air force general (d. 1995) January 30 — Leonid Gaidai, comedy film director, screenwriter and actor (d. 1993) February 7 — Grigory Romanov, 9th First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 2008) April 3 — Lev Zaykov, 10th First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 2002) April 27 — Viktor Chebrikov, 6th Chairman of the Committee for State Security (d. 1999) April 28 — Zarifa Aliyeva, ophthalmologist (d. 1985) May 5 — Sergey Akhromeyev, 8th Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces (d. 1991) May 10 — Heydar Aliyev, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (d. 2003)National Leader » AZERBAIJAN » Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic https://president.az/en/pages/view/azerbaijan/leader 2025-11-11 president.az en July 13 — Mikhail Pugovkin, comic actor (d. 2008) July 28 — Vladimir Basov, actor, film director and screenwriter (d. 1987) August 11 — Maxim Grabovenko, Hero of the Soviet Union (d. 1980) September 6 — Aleksandr Babaev, fighter pilot (d. 1985) September 11 — Grigory Baklanov, writer (d. 2009) September 13 — Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Hero of the Soviet Union (d. 1941) September 20 — Aleksandr Koldunov, flying ace during WWII (d. 1992) September 26 — Aleksandr Alov, film director (d. 1983) September 29 — Aleksei Filippov, mathematician (d. 2006) October 18 — Pyotr Lushev, army general (d. 1997) October 25 — Mikhail Mikhin, flying ace (d. 2007) October 31 — Ivan Otmakhov, Hero of the Soviet Union (d. 1945) November 6 — Aleksandra Chudina, athlete (d. 1990) November 9 — Viktor Turbin, Hero of the Soviet Union (d. 1944) November 11 — Isaac Trachtenberg, Hygienist (d. 2023) November 22 — Yury Nikandrov, Olympic shooter (d. 2018) November 23 — Mikhail Zaitsev, general of the Soviet Army (d. 2009) November 29 — Inna Zubkovskaya, ballerina (d. 2001) December 2 — Alexander Yakovlev, politician, diplomat and historian (d. 2005) December 14 — Akhsarbek Abaev, Hero of the Soviet Union (d. 1982) December 15 — Valentin Varennikov, general and politician (d. 2009) See also 1923 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1923 References 1923 1923 Category:1920s in the Soviet Union Category:Years in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union