1953 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1953 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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Incumbents
- First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Nikita Khrushchev (starting 14 September)
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union – Nikolay Shvernik (until 19 March), Kliment Voroshilov (starting 19 March)
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin (until 6 March), Georgy Malenkov (starting 6 March)
Events
March
- 5 March – Josef Stalin dies, starting a power struggle among Soviet leadership.
May
- 26 May – 4 August – Norilsk uprising
July
- 19 July – 1 August – Vorkuta uprising
August
- 12 August – Joe 4, the first Soviet test of a thermonuclear weapon occurs.
- 23 August – RDS-4 is first tested.
Births
- 14 February – Sergey Mironov, statesman
- 27 November – Boris Grebenshchikov, rock musician
Deaths
- 31 March – Ivan Lebedeff, actor (born 1895)
- 12 April – Pavel Terentyevich Korobkov, air force officer (born 1909)
- 8 November – Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, writer (born 1870)
References
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