1932 in the Soviet Union explained

The following lists events that happened during 1932 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 – Vyacheslav Molotov

Events

• Soviet famine of 1932–33

January

• 21 January – The Soviet–Finnish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.

July

• 25 July – The Soviet–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.

August

• 7 August – The Law of Spikelets is enacted.

September

• 23 September – Ryutin Affair: Martemyan Ryutin and others in the Union of Marxists-Leninists are arrested.

Births

• 3 January – Valentina Gaganova, textile worker and politician (died 2010).^[1]
• 4 January – Roman Personov, scientist (died 2002)
• 10 January – Iskra Babich, film director
• 25 January – Nikolay Anikin, skier
• 27 January
  • Rimma Kazakova, poet
  • Boris Shakhlin, Olympic gymnast
• 22 February – Victor Cherkashin, KGB counter-intelligence officer
• 3 May – Maria Itkina, Olympic sprinter (died 2020)
• 15 May – Arkady Volsky, politician
• 6 June – Tamara Novikova, female cyclist
• 13 June – Boris Katalimov, Chess International Master
• 2 August – Vladimir Struzhanov, swimmer
• 20 August – Vasily Aksyonov, novelist
• 18 September – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut

See also

• 1932 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
• List of Soviet films of 1932

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kargapoltsev. Sergey. Гаганова Валентина Ивановна. Gaganova Valentina Ivanovna. . ru. 10 April 2023.