1981 in the Soviet Union

none 1981The following lists events that happened during 1981 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Leonid Brezhnev Premier of the Soviet Union: Nikolai Tikhonov Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union – Lev Smirnov Events 1 April – Daylight saving time was implemented for the first time in the USSRDaylight Saving Time Changes 1981 in Moscow, Russia https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/russia/moscow?year=1981 2023-10-19 www.timeanddate.com en 28 April – The USSR national team won the World Ice Hockey Championship in SwedenTeam Soviet Union - Ice Hockey World Championships 1981 - Player Stats https://www.quanthockey.com/whc/en/teams/team-soviet-union-players-1981-whc-stats.html 2023-10-19 QuantHockey en Births 31 January – Yulia Nachalova, singer (d. 2019) 18 February – Andrei Kirilenko, basketball player 19 March – Maksim Arap, footballer 26 March – Danis Zaripov, ice hockey player 30 March – Sergei Mozyakin, ice hockey player 8 April – Nikolay Kruglov Jr., biathlete 12 April – Yuriy Borzakovskiy, middle-distance runner 17 April – Konstantin Koltsov, ice hockey player (d. 2024) 30 April – Peter Nalitch, singer 29 May – Andrey Arshavin, footballer1356 2 June – Nikolay Davydenko, tennis player 7 June – Anna Kournikova, tennis player 26 June – Natalya Antyukh, athlete 6 July – Roman Shirokov, footballer 8 July – Anastasia Myskina, tennis player 30 August – Daniil Vorobyov, film and theatre actor 2 September – Aleksey Chadov, film actor 3 September – Evgeniya Brik, actress (d. 2022) 15 October – Marina Toybina, fashion and costume designer 31 October – Irina Denezhkina, writer 2 November – Tatiana Totmianina, pair skater 5 November – Ksenia Sobchak, political figure 30 November – Olga Krasko, actress 15 December – Roman Pavlyuchenko, footballer 16 December – Olga Medynich, theater and film actress 23 December – Anastasiya Makeyeva, actress and model 24 December – Dima Bilan, singer, songwriter Deaths February 7 — Emil Spiridonov, navy officer (b. 1925) March 3 — Oleg Dal, actor (b. 1941) March 7 — Kirill Kondrashin, conductor (b. 1914) March 21 — Mark Donskoy (b. 1901) March 28 — Yuri Trifonov, leading representative of the so-called Soviet "Urban Prose" (b. 1925) April 1 — Agniya Barto, poet and writer (b. 1901) April 16 — Leonid Melnykov, politician and diplomat (b. 1906) April 28 Lev Loktev, artillery designer (b. 1908) Grigory Shpigel, actor (b. 1914) August 27 — Valeri Kharlamov, ice hockey player (b. 1948) November 18 — Alexey Okladnikov, archaeologist and ethnographer (b. 1908) November 30 — Tankho Israilov, ballet dancer (b. 1917) December 4 — Valentin Fyodorov, football player and coach (b. 1911) December 11 — Zoya Fyodorova, actress (b. 1907) December 15 — Mikhail Zharov, actor and director (b. 1899) See also List of Soviet films of 1981 1981 in fine arts of the Soviet Union References 19811981 Category:1981 in the Soviet Union Category:1980s in the Soviet Union Category:1981 in Europe Category:1981 in Asia Category:1981 by country