1958 in the Soviet Union

none April 2015 1958 The following lists events that happened during 1958 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 – Nikolai Bulganin (until 27 March), Nikita Khrushchev (starting 27 March) Events 1958 Soviet nuclear tests March 16 March – Soviet Union legislative election, 1958 May 15 May – Sputnik 3 is launched.https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1958-004B NASA – NSSDCA – Spacecraft – Details nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov 2018-08-24 August 23–27 August – 1958 Grozny riotsAugust 2018 September 2 September – 1958 C-130 shootdown incident Births 2 January – Vladimir Ovchinnikov, pianist 28 February – Natalya Estemirova, activist (died 2009) 22 June – Serhiy Kot, Ukrainian historian (died 2022) 21 October – Andre Geim, physicist Full date missing Olga Tsepilova, sociologist Deaths 10 February – Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete (born 1899) See also 1958 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1958 References 1958 1958 Category:1950s in the Soviet Union Category:Years in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union