1952 in the Soviet Union

none July 2022 1952 The following lists events that happened during 1952 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union — Joseph Stalin (until 16 October) 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 Mingrelian Affair Doctors' plot: A group of prominent Moscow doctors, mostly Jewish, is falsely accused of conspiring to assassinate Soviet leaders. June June 13 — Catalina affair: Two Swedish aircraft are shot down by Soviet fighter jets over the Baltic. August August 12 — Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen Soviet Jews are executed on false charges. October October 5–14 — The 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held. November November 5 — The 1952 Severo-Kurilsk tsunami kills 2,336 people in the town of Severo-Kurilsk. December December 15 — The Shch class submarine S-117 is lost due to unknown causes. Births January 1 Nikolay Dudov, 3rd Governor of Magadan Oblast Yury Zacharanka, 2nd Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus (d. 1999) January 2 Elvira Saadi, gymnast Indulis Emsis, 18th Prime Minister of Latvia January 19 – Tatyana Komarova, Soviet and Russian journalist (d. 2010) January 30 Valery Khalilov, Russian military band conductor (d. 2016) Anatoly Yefremov, 2nd Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast (d. 2009) February 15 — Nikolai Sorokin, Russian theatre and film actor (d. 2013) February 21 — Vitaly Churkin, Russian diplomat (d. 2017) February 23 — Oleg Korolyov, 3rd Governor of Lipetsk Oblast February 27 — Yuri Shafranik, 3rd Minister of Energy of Russia March 2 — Sergei Stepashin, 5th Prime Minister of Russia March 9 — Konstantin Tolstoshein, Acting Governor of Primorsky Krai March 18 — Yuriy Vynnychuk, Ukrainian journalist, writer and editor March 23 — Antonina Dvoryanets, Ukrainian hydraulic engineer and political activist (d. 2014)Shako Taras На звання "Почесного громадянина Броварів" крім Лисенка та Дворянець розглядають ще 3 кандидатури In addition to Lysenko and Dvoryanets, 3 more candidates are being considered for the title of "Honorary Citizen of Brovary" http://pravo-znaty.org.ua/na-zvannya-pochesnogo-gromadyanina-brovariv-krim-lisenka-ta-dvoryanets-rozglyadayut-shhe-3-kandidaturi/ Pravo Znaty uk 12 September 2014 3 July 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20140915004856/http://pravo-znaty.org.ua/na-zvannya-pochesnogo-gromadyanina-brovariv-krim-lisenka-ta-dvoryanets-rozglyadayut-shhe-3-kandidaturi/ 15 September 2014 March 27 — Akejan Kajegeldin, 2nd Prime Minister of Kazakhstan April 25 — Vladislav Tretiak, Russian ice hockey player May 3 — Leonid Khachiyan, Soviet and American mathematician (d. 2005) May 4 — Semyon Zubakin, 3rd Head of the Altai Republic May 5 — Anatoly Artamonov, 4th Governor of Kaluga Oblast May 18 — Yury Komarovsky, 1st Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug June 14 — Robert Lepikson, 9th Minister of the Interior of Estonia (d. 2006) July 14 — Nikolay Poluyanov, 1st Governor of Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug August 1 — Petro Symonenko, Ukrainian politician August 20 — Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec September 12 — Sergey Karaganov, Russian political scientist October 5 — Emomali Rahmon, 3rd President of Tajikistan October 7 Vladimir Putin, 2nd and 4th President of Russia Ludmilla Tourischeva, gymnast October 14 — Nikolai Andrianov, Soviet and Russian gymnast (d. 2011) October 19 — Mykhailo Yezhel, 10th Minister of Defence of Ukraine November 5 — Oleg Blokhin, Soviet and Ukrainian football player and manager December 29 — Külliki Saldre, Estonian actress Deaths March 9 — Alexandra Kollontai, revolutionary, politician, diplomat and Marxist theoretician (b. 1872) March 15 — Mikhail Doller, film director (b. 1889) April 15 — Viktor Chernov, revolutionary and one of the founders of the Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party (b. 1873) May 2 — Matrona Nikonova, Orthodox nun and saint (b. 1881) June 8 — Sergey Merkurov, sculptor (b. 1881) August 12 — Peretz Markish, poet (b. 1895) September 15 — Hugo Raudsepp, playwright (b. 1883) See also 1952 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1952 References 1952 1952 Category:1950s in the Soviet Union Category:Years in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union