1940 in the Soviet Union

none 1940 The following lists events that happened during 1940 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.Bloch, Leon Bryce and Lamar Middleton, ed. The World Over in 1940 (1941) detailed coverage of world events online free; 914pp 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 — Mikhail Kalinin Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union — Vyacheslav Molotov Births January January 11 — Andres Tarand, 10th Prime Minister of Estonia January 17 — Mircea Snegur, 1st President of Moldova (d. 2023) January 18 — Alexander Almetov, Soviet and Russian ice hockey player (d. 1992) January 27 — Petru Lucinschi, 2nd President of Moldova January 30 — Leonid Polezhayev, 1st Governor of Omsk Oblast February February 4 — Yuri Veksler, cinematographer (d. 1991) February 16 — Nikolai Kondratenko, 5th Governor of Krasnodar Krai (d. 2013) February 17 — Alexei Fridman, Soviet and Russian physicist (d. 2010) February 19 — Saparmurat Niyazov, 1st President of Turkmenistan (d. 2006) March March 4 — Vladimir Morozov, sprint canoeist (d. 2023) March 7 — Viktor Savinykh, cosmonaut March 8 — Viktor Kalashnikov, 1st Governor of Voronezh Oblast (d. 2023) March 9 — Larisa Golubkina, actress March 16 — Vagif Mustafazadeh, jazz pianist and composer (d. 1979) March 20 — Igor Ryomin, football player (d. 1991) May May 4 — Viktor Getmanov, football player (d. 1995) May 9 — Inna Gulaya, theatre and cinema actress (d. 1990) May 15 — Svetlana Svetlichnaya, Soviet and Russian actress May 24 — Joseph Brodsky, poet and essayist (d. 1996) May 28 — Valentin Gerasimov, 1st Governor of Kurgan Oblast June June 8 — Vladimir Semyonov, 2nd Head of Karachay-Cherkessia June 13 — Valery Sudarenkov, 3rd Governor of Kaluga Oblast June 20 — Lyudmila Marchenko, Soviet and Russian film actress (d. 1997) June 26 — Vyacheslav Ionov, Soviet and Russian sprint canoeist (d. 2012) June 28 — Alina Vedmid, politician and agronomist (d. 2008)Ведмідь Аліна Петрівна Vedmid Alina Petrovna http://www.lider-regiona.kherson.ua/kiev/vedmid.htm Leaders of the Regions uk 1 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20110315235345/http://www.lider-regiona.kherson.ua/kiev/vedmid.htm 15 March 2011 June 29 — Vyacheslav Artyomov, composer July July 6 — Nursultan Nazarbayev, 1st President of Kazakhstan July 14 — Utkir Sultonov, 2nd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (d. 2015) July 19 — Anzor Kavazashvili, football goalkeeper August August 4 — Jamshed Karimov, 5th Prime Minister of Tajikistan August 6 — Mukhu Aliyev, 2nd Head of the Republic of Dagestan August 15 — Aleksandr Surikov, 3rd Governor of Altai Krai August 20 — Musa Geshaev, Chechen poet (d. 2014) August 31 — Gennady Vasilyev, Soviet and Russian film director (d. 1999) September September 14 — Gennady Kuptsov, 1st Governor of Lipetsk Oblast September 18 — Lyudmila Davletova, engineer, technologist and stateswomanhttps://imwerden.de/pdf/izvestiya_ck_kpss_1990_10__ocr.pdf Известия ЦК КПСС. 1990. № 10 1990 News of the Central Committee of the CPSU Moscow, Russia 51 ru News of the Central Committee of the CPSU. 1990. No. 10 Давлетова Людмила Ельматовна Davletova Lyudmila Yelmatovna 0235-7097 27 January 2026 ImWerden fr Im Werden ru ImWerden uk ImWerden October October 5 Rein Aun, Estonian decathlete and coach (d. 1995) Viktor Pavlov, actor (d. 2006) October 9 — Valery Nosik, actor (d. 1995) October 18 — Aleksandr Starovoitov, Soviet and Russian security services and academic officer (d. 2021) October 20 Hasan Hasanov, 1st Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Viktor Barannikov, 10th Minister of Interior Affairs of the Soviet Union (d. 1995) November November 21 — Natalia Makarova, ballerina December December 22 — Doku Zavgayev, Soviet and Russian diplomat and politician December 24 — Saylau Serikov, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Kazakh SSR (d. 1991) Deaths January 27 — Isaac Babel, writer, journalist playwright and literary translator (b. 1894) February 2 Vsevolod Meyerhold, theatre director, actor and theatrical producer (b. 1874) Robert Eikhe, politician (b. 1890) Mikhail Koltsov, journalist, revolutionary and NKVD agent (b. 1898) February 4 Nikolai Yezhov, Head of NKVD (b. 1895) Mikhail Frinovsky, secret police official (b. 1898) March 10 — Mikhail Bulgakov, writer, medical doctor and playwright (b. 1891) August 21 — Leon Trotsky, politician and political theorist (b. 1879) December 2 — Nikolai Koltsov, biologist (b. 1872) See also 1940 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1940 References Further reading Bloch, Leon Bryce and Lamar Middleton, ed. The World Over in 1940 (1941) detailed coverage of world events online free; 914pp 1940 1940 Category:1940s in the Soviet Union Category:Years in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union