1927 in the Soviet Union

none February 2019 1927 The following lists events that happened during 1927 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 – Alexei Rykov Events February 25 February – Article 58 (RSFSR Penal Code) is put into force. May 12 May – During the Arcos Affair, British police officers raid the headquarters of ARCOS in London. December 2–19 December – 15th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)Stalin and Stalinism: Revised 3rd Edition Mccauley Martin Routledge 2013 978-1-4058-7436-6 New York Chronology Births 14 January – Ivan Kalita, Olympic equestrian 16 March – Vladimir Komarov, test pilot and cosmonaut 23 March – Aleksandr Tarasov, Soviet Olympic modern pentathlete 31 March – Vladimir Ilyushin, test pilot 10 April – Alexey Ekimyan, Armenian-Russian composer 20 April – Mirian Tsalkalamanidze, Olympic wrestler 15 May – Leila Mardanshina, oil and gas operator (died 2017) 16 May – Boris Tokarev, Olympic athlete 28 May – Aleksandr Moiseyev, Olympic basketball player 3 June – Evgeny Chuprun, painter 12 June – Timir Pinegin, Olympic sailor (died 2013) 23 June Leonid Bogdanov, Soviet Olympic fencer Galina Rumiantseva, painter 26 June – Ben Turok, Belarus-born South African anti-apartheid activist, professor and politician (d. 2019) 28 June – Boris Shilkov, Olympic speed skater 23 July – Dmitry Buchkin, Soviet painter 22 August – Aleksandr Tenyagin, football player and manager (died 2008) 24 August – Levko Lukyanenko, Ukrainian politician (died 2018) 15 September – Boris Gostev, Soviet Minister of Finance 1 October – Oleg Yefremov, actor 27 October – Mikhail Postnikov, mathematician 28 October – Roza Makagonova, actress (died 1995) 7 November – Piotr Litvinsky, painter 12 November – Pavel Kharin, Olympic canoeist 16 November – Inna Solovyova theatre and film critic (died 2024) 6 December – Vladimir Naumov, film director 8 December – Vladimir Shatalov, Soyuz cosmonaut 14 December – Nikolay Tatarinov, Olympic modern pentathlete Deaths 18 May – Nikifor Begichev, Soviet seaman and explorer (born 1874) 16 June – Károly Vántus, Hungarian Communist Party politician (born 1879) 16 November – Adolph Joffe, diplomat, committed suicide (born 1883) 14 December – Julian Sochocki, Russian-Polish mathematician (born 1842) See also 1927 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1927 References 1927 1927 Category:1920s in the Soviet Union Category:Years in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union