1924 in the Soviet Union

noneNovember 20251924 The following lists events that happened during 1924 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets – Mikhail Kalinin Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Vladimir Lenin (until 2 February), Alexei Rykov (starting 2 February) Events January 19 January – failed attempt to free capital of Khiva from Bolsheviks 21 January- Vladimir Lenin, leader of the October Revolution and the first leader and founder of the Soviet Union, dies at age 53Lenin’s Death and Stalin’s Schemes https://www.hoover.org/research/lenins-death-and-stalins-schemes 2025-11-10 Hoover Institution en 26 January – started Second All-Union Congress of Soviets in Moscow 26 January – Petrograd is renamed into Leningrad 27 January – Lenin is buried in the Lenin's Mausoleum at the Red Square 29 January – a three-day plenary session of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) adopted decision on "Lenin's call to the party" 31 January – The 1924 Soviet Constitution is ratified by the Congress of Soviets February 1 February – United Kingdom recognized the Soviet Union 2 February – ended Second All-Union Congress of Soviets in Moscow Alexei Rykov has been appointment as the Chairman of Sovnarkom 7 February – Italy (Benito Mussolini) recognized the Soviet Union 15 February – began the "Lenin Enrolment" into the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 25 February – plenary session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bukhara approved the national delimitation of the Central Asia (National delimitation in the Soviet Union) March 3 March — Executive Bureau of the Central Committee of the Khorezm Communist Party approved the initiative on the national delimitation of the Central Asia 10 March — Central Committee of the Turkestan Communist Party approved the initiative on the national delimitation of the Central Asia In Vienna, Austria was opened a bilateral conference between Romania and the Soviet Union on the "Bessarabian issue" April 2 April — Romanian delegation rejected the Soviet proposal to hold a plebiscite a plebiscite in Bessarabia and interrupted further negotiations with the Soviet Union All-Russian Central Executive Committee awarded "proletariat of Tashkent" with Order of the Red Banner May 23–31 May – 13th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) June 12 June – Politburo of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) adopted a resolution on national delimitation in the Central Asia July 8-22 July – 3rd Congress of Profintern in Moscow August 3–4 August – Soviet raid on Stołpce 28 August – 5 September – August Uprising in Georgia, Transcaucasian SFSR September 15–18 September – Tatarbunary Uprising with Soviet involvement starts in Romania 23 September – 1924 Leningrad flooding October 12 October – on territory of Ukraine established the Moldavian ASSR centered in Balta on decision of the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee (8th convocation) 14 October – All-Russian Central Executive Committee adopted decision on establishing of autonomous regions within the Turkestan ASSR (Tajik ASSR and Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast) 27 October – instead of Turkestan ASSR, Bukharan SSR, and Khorezm SSR were formed Uzbek SSR (centered in Bukhara) and Turkmen SSR (Poltoratsk – Ashgabat) November 14 November – Yekaterinburg renamed into Sverdlovsk December 19 December – on decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, the Volga German Autonomous Oblast transformed into Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Births 13 February – Ivan Mozgovenko, clarinetist and music teacher (died 2021) 18 February – Evald Ilyenkov, writer (died 1979) 29 February – Vladimir Kryuchkov, head of the KGB (died 2007) 19 March – Lev Kulidzhanov, film director (died 2002) 18 April – Pyotr Nikolayev, Olympic shooter (died 2000) 11 May – Eugene Dynkin, mathematician (died 2014) 21 May – Boris Vasilyev, writer (died 2013) 10 July – Vladimir Sukharev, Olympic athlete (died 1997) 20 July – Tatyana Lioznova, film director (died 2011) 4 October – Georgy Shakhnazarov, Soviet-Armenian politician (died 2001) 3 November – Violetta Elvin, ballerina 5 December – Vladimir Dolgikh, politician Date unknown – Nikolai Nagibin, posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union Deaths 21 January – Vladimir Lenin, USSR politician (b. 1870) 30 June – Praskovya Uvarova, archaeologist (b. 1840) See also 1924 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1924 References 1924 1924 Category:1920s in the Soviet Union Category:Years in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union