1956 in the Soviet Union

none April 2015 1956 The following lists events that happened during 1956 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 Events February 9 February – The report of the Pospelov Commission is presented to the presidium. 14–25 February – 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 25 February – Nikita Khrushchev makes the speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences at the 20th Congress of the CPSU. March March – 1956 Georgian demonstrations October 19 October – Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956 November 4 November – United Nations Security Council Resolution 120 is passed. 7 November – The 2nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition leaves Kaliningrad 18 November – "We will bury you" is spoken by Nikita Khrushchev. 21 November – Soviet submarine M-200 is rammed and sunk by a Soviet destroyer, killing the submarine's crew. Births 13 January - Vladimir Merovshchikov, Russian professional football coach and former player 1 March - Dalia Grybauskaite, president of LithuaniaDalia Grybauskaite Biography & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dalia-Grybauskaite Encyclopedia Britannica 10 March 2019 en 19 March – Yegor Gaidar, economist (d. 2009)Mainville Michael Yegor Gaidar obituary https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/16/yegor-gaidar-obituary the Guardian 29 July 2021 en 16 December 2009 6 May – Vladimir Lisin, oligarch 10 May – Vladislav Nikolayevich Listyev, journalist 7 November – Mikhail Alperin, jazz pianist, member of the Moscow Art Trio, professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music (d. 2018). Deaths 3 January – Alexander Gretchaninov, composer See also 1956 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1956 References 1956 1956 Category:1950s in the Soviet Union Category:Years in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union