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The following lists events that happened during 1954 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents[edit]
- 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 – Georgy Malenkov
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 25 January-18 February – Berlin Conference (1954)
February[edit]
- 19 February – 1954 transfer of Crimea
March[edit]
- 14 March – Soviet Union legislative election, 1954
May[edit]
- 16 May-26 June – Kengir uprising
June[edit]
- 6 June – Moscow's statue of Yuriy Dolgorukiy, originally conceived in 1947 in recognition of the 800th anniversary of the city's foundation, is finally unveiled.[1]
- 26 June – The world's first civilian nuclear power station, Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, is commissioned.[2]
September[edit]
- 14 September – The Totskoye nuclear exercise is held.
Births[edit]
- 23 February – Viktor Yushchenko, third President of Ukraine
- 4 March – Irina Ratushinskaya, writer
- 16 June – Sergey Kuryokhin, composer
- 17 August – Anatoly Kudryavitsky, writer
- 30 August – Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
Deaths[edit]
- 12 February – Dziga Vertov, filmmaker (born 1896)
- 22 November – Andrey Vyshinsky, diplomat (born 1883)
References[edit]
- ^ Irving R. Levine (1960). Travel Guide to Russia. Doubleday. p. 117.
- ^ "Nuclear Power in Russia". World Nuclear Association. December 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
See also[edit]
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