1948 in the Soviet Union

none 1948 The following lists events that happened during 1948 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 – Nikolay Shvernik Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin Events Joseph Stalin sends the first advisers to China in an effort to repair the economic damage brought on by years of civil war.Kaple, Deborah. "Soviet and Chinese Comrades Look Back at the Friendship Decade." Modern Chinese Studies 22.1 (2014): 45–69. Web. 29 Jan. 2015. At the request of Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin Sends railroad construction expert I.V. Kovalev with a team of 300 engineers and laborers to repair deteriorated or destroyed Manchurian railways. March 10 – Extreme restrictions are placed on German traffic from the Soviet Zone into Berlin.Pennacchio, Charles F. "The East German Communists and the Origins of the Berlin Blockade Crisis." East European Quarterly 29.3 (1995): 293–315. Web. 28 Jan. 2015. June 24 – The Soviets implement a total blockade of all ground and water transport into or out of Berlin. The blockade will last nearly a full year, ending May 12, 1949. Births January 1 — Pavel Grachev, 2nd Minister of Denfence (d. 2012) January 10 — Mischa Maisky, cellist January 14 — Valeri Kharlamov, ice hockey player (d. 1981) January 20 — Natan Sharansky January 27 Mikhail Baryshnikov, Latvian and American dancer, choreographer and actor Otari Kvantrishvili, Georgian Mafia boss (d. 1994) March 20 — Helene Vannari, Estonian stage, radio, television and film actress (d. 2022) March 26 — Gayyur Yunus, Azerbaijani painter April 13 — Mikhail Shufutinsky, Russian pop singer May 2 — Vladimir Matorin, Russian opera singer May 31 — Svetlana Alexievich, Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian June 1 — Juhan Viiding, Estonian poet and actor (d. 1995) June 30 — Vladimir Yakunin, former President of Russian Railways July 16 — Mariia StefiukСтефюк, Мария Юрьевна Stefiuk, Maria Yurievna https://tass.ru/encyclopedia/person/stefyuk-mariya-yurevna TASS ru 5 July 2022 July 21 — Mikhail Zadornov, Soviet and Russian stand-up comedian and writer (d. 2017) August 23 — Lev Zelyony, Soviet and Russian physicist August 28 — Natalya Gundareva, Russian film and theatre actress (d. 2005) August 30 — Victor Skumin, Soviet and Russian scientist, psychiatrist, philosopher and writer September 19 — Nadiya Tkachenko, Ukrainian pentathlete September 25 — Vladimir Yevtushenko, billionaire and oligarch November 9 — Viktor Matviyenko, Soviet and Ukrainian footballer and coach (d. 2018) Deaths January 13 — Solomon Mikhoels, actor and artistic director of the Moscow State Jewish Theater (b. 1890) February 11 — Sergei Eisenstein, film director (b. 1898) March 23 — Yevgeniy Abalakov, mountaineer and sculptor (b. 1907) April 19 — Mikhail Rostovtsev, bass, opera and operetta singer and actor (b. 1872) May 1 — David Shterenberg, painter and graphic artist (b. 1881) July 28 — Nikolai Podvoisky, Bolshevik revolutionary and statesman (b. 1880) August 31 — Andrei Zhdanov, Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1896) September 30 — Vasily Kachalov, actor (b. 1875) October 25 — Boris Fomin, musician (b. 1900) See also 1948 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1948 References 1948 1948 Category:1940s in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union