1964 in the Soviet Union

none 1964 The following lists events that happened during 1964 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Nikita Khrushchev (Until October 14) Leonid Brezhnev (Starting October 14) Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union: Leonid Brezhnev (Until July 15) Anastas Mikoyan (Starting July 15) Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union: Nikita Khrushchev (Until October 15) Alexei Kosygin (Starting October 15) Events October October 12 — Voskhod 1 is the first space flight to carry more than one crewmen into orbit, and the first space flight without the use of spacesuits.NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1964-065A 2024-08-08 nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov October 14-15 — Khrushchev ousted from government by Leonid Brezhnev, Replaced as First Secretary by Brezhnev and as Chairman of the Council by Alexei Kosygin October 10-24 — Soviet Athletes compete in 1964 Summer Olympics, Placing second place behind the United States with 96 medals (30 Gold, 31 Silver, 35 Bronze)2010-02-18 Soviet Union at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games Olympics at Sports-Reference.com https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1964/ 2024-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100218144226/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1964/ 2010-02-18 Births January 1 — Aleksandr Lapin, Russian army officer and commander of the Leningrad Military District January 4 — Alexandre Fadeev, figure skater February 4 — Vyacheslav Volodin, 5th Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation February 9 — Vladislav Vetrov, Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, director and writer February 16 — Valentina Yegorova, Russian long-distance runner February 28 — Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Uzbekistani road racing cyclist March 7 — Vladimir Smirnov, Kazakh cross-country skier March 25 — Dmitry Selivanov, Siberian rock singer (d. 1989) April 3 — Yelena Ruzina, Russian Olympic athlete April 13 — Dokka Umarov, Chechen mujahid and Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (d. 2013) April 17 — Tahmasib Ajdarov, Azerbaijani scientist and Doctor of Economics April 21 — Ludmila Engquist, Russian-Swedish athlete May 19 — Gitanas Nauseda, 9th President of Lithuania June 13 — Sarunas Marciulionis, Lithuanian basketball player June 20 — Ethella Chupryk, Ukrainian pianist (d. 2019) July 3 — Aleksei Serebryakov, Russian stage actor August 1 — Natalya Shikolenko, Belarusian javelin thrower August 24 — Salizhan Sharipov, Russian cosmonaut and astronaut August 25 — Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician September 3 — Ricochet, Russian singer-songwriter (d. 2007) September 10 — Yegor Letov, singer (d. 2008) September 14 — Akylbek Japarov, 2nd Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan October 2 — Makharbek Khadartsev, Russian free-style wrestler October 22 — Zurab Nogaideli, 5th Prime Minister of Georgia November 28 — Giorgi Bagaturov, Georgian-Armernian chess grandmaster December 15 — Kubatbek Boronov, 21st Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan December 19 — Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player Deaths January 31 — Kanysh Satbayev, academician and geologist (b. 1899) February 3 Allaberdy Berdyev, 2nd Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR (b. 1904) Ivan Zarubin, linguist specializing in the Pamir languages (b. 1887) April 26 — Mikhail Parsegov, colonel general and military commander (b. 1899) May 17 — Otto Kuusinen, 1st Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Karelo-Finnish SSR (b. 1881) June 16 — Lidia Klement, singer (b. 1937) June 20 — Vasily Kuznetsov, general (b. 1894) June 28 — Ilya Smirnov, army general (b. 1887) June 30 — Alexander Bubnov, avant-garde painter and Socialist realist (b. 1908) July 4 — Samuil Marshak, writer (b. 1887) July 13 — Mikhail Nazvanov, stage and film actor (b. 1914) July 22 — Leonid Baratov, opera director (b. 1895) August 12 — Dmitry Maksutov, optical engineer and inventor of the Maksutov telescope (b. 1896) August 22 — Symeon Lukach, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishop and martyr (b. 1893) August 27 — Aleksey Zhivotov, composer (b. 1904) August 30 — Aleksei Grechkin, army commander (b. 1893) September 14 — Vasily Grossman, writer and journalist (b. 1905) September 28 — Mikhail Svetlov, poet (b. 1903) October 19 Sergey Biryuzov, 5th Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces (b. 1904) Nikolay Shkodunovich, lieutenant general (b. 1900) Vladimir Zhdanov, colonel-general (b. 1902) October 25 — Terenty Shtykov, general and 1st Ambassador of the Soviet Union to North Korea (b. 1907) October 29 — Vasily Agapkin, conductor, composer, and author of the march "Farewell of Slavianka" (b. 1884)Василий Агапкин и его марш «Прощание славянки». Литературный журнал Москва. https://moskvam.ru/publications/publication_414.html 2024-08-08 moskvam.ru ru November 16 — Nikolai Vedeneyev, lieutenant general (b. 1897) December 7 — Nikolay Anichkov, pathologist (b. 1885) December 24 — Kuksha of Odessa, Ukrainian Orthodox Church priest (b. 1875) December 29 — Vladimir Favorsky, artist and engraver (b. 1886) See also 1964 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1964 References 1964 1964 Category:1960s in the Soviet Union Category:Years in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union