1945 in the Soviet Union

none November 20221945 The following lists events that happened during 1945 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 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 — Joseph Stalin Events 400px|right|thumb|Moscow Victory Parade of 1945, June 24. January 12 — WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army.Duffy, C. Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany, 1945 Routledge 1991 0-415-22829-8. Page 67 January 13 — WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Prussia. January 17 — WWII: The Soviet Union occupies Warsaw, Poland. May 2 — WWII: The Soviet Union captures and occupies Berlin, Germany. May 9 — Joseph Stalin declares victory over Nazi Germany during a speech broadcast on radio. June 24 — Moscow Victory Parade August 9 — WWII: The Soviet Union declared war on Japan shortly after the Atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The Soviets began to invade the Japanese-held puppet region of Manchuria, while the 25th Army advanced into northern Korea. September 19 — The former guerilla fighter Kim Il Sung, a Red Army captain, returned to northern Korea occupied by the Soviets. October 14 — Kim Il Sung makes his first major public appearance in Pyongyang in Soviet-occupied northern Korea at the celebration of liberation where he is officially introduced to the public by the authorities as a national hero, a legendary guerrilla fighter and leader. Births January 3 — Yaroslav Lesiv, Ukrainian poet and priest (d. 1991) January 9 — Levon Ter-Petrosyan, 1st President of Armenia February 10 — Vladimir Shumeyko, 1st Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia February 28 — Alexey Ekimov, Russian solid state physicist March 13 — Anatoly Fomenko, Russian mathematician March 22 — Givi Gumbaridze, 15th First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party March 26 — Mikhail Voronin, Soviet and Russian gymnast (d. 2004) March 28 — Raine Loo, Estonian actress (d. 2020) March 31 — Lidiya Belozyorova, Ukrainian actress (d. 2022) May 6 — Besarion Gugushvili, 1st Prime Minister of Georgia May 14 — Vladislav Ardzinba, 1st President of Abkhazia (d. 2010) May 20 — Aleksandr Belyakov, 1st Governor of Leningrad Oblast May 22 — Joseph Alliluyev, Russian cardiologist and grandson of Joseph Stalin (d. 2008) June 11 — Valery Chaptynov, 1st Head of the Altai Republic (d. 1997) June 19 — Natalya Seleznyova, Soviet and Russian theater and film actress July 19 — Oleg Fotin, Russian swimmer August 4 — Gennady Burbulis, Russian politician (d. 2022) August 9 — Zurab Sakandelidze, Georgian basketball player (d. 2004) August 14 — Valeriy Shmarov, 3rd Minister of Defence of Ukraine (d. 2018) August 29 — Alyosha Abrahamyan, Armenian footballer (d. 2018) September 23 — Igor Ivanov, 3rd Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia September 29 — Nadezhda Chizhova, Russian athlete October 3 — Viktor Saneyev, Georgian triple jumper, Olympic champion (d. 2022) November 5 — Nikolai Tanayev, 8th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (d. 2020) November 11 — Gennady Savelyev, 2nd Head of Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug November 13 — Vladislav Achalov, Soviet and Russian general, politician and public figure (d. 2011) December 10 — Yury Yevdokimov, 2nd Governor of Murmansk Oblast December 21 — Mari Lill, Estonian actress December 24 — Avtandil Margiani, 16th First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party Deaths January 6 — Vladimir Vernadsky, mineralogist and geochemist (b. 1863) February 18 — Ivan Chernyakhovsky, general (b. 1907) February 23 — Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, writer (b. 1883) March 3 — Aleksandra Samusenko, WWII tank commander (b. 1922) March 26 — Boris Shaposhnikov, military leader (b. 1882) May 7 — Vladimir Boyarsky, army officer (b. 1901) May 10 — Aleksandr Shcherbakov, 15th First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1901) May 25 — Demyan Bedny, poet (b. 1883) June 16 — Nikolai Berzarin, Red Army general (b. 1904) June 30 — Gabriel El-Registan, poet (b. 1899) July 12 — Boris Galerkin, mathematician (b. 1871) October 20 — Varvara Massalitinova, stage and film actress (b. 1878) See also 1945 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1945 References 1945 1945 Category:1940s in the Soviet Union Category:Years in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union