1954 in the Soviet Union explained

The following lists events that happened during 1954 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents

• 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

January

• 25 January-18 February – Berlin Conference (1954)

February

• 19 February – 1954 transfer of Crimea

March

• 14 March – Soviet Union legislative election, 1954

May

• 16 May-26 June – Kengir uprising

June

• 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

• 14 September – The Totskoye nuclear exercise is held.

Births

• 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

• 12 February – Dziga Vertov, filmmaker (born 1896)
• 22 November – Andrey Vyshinsky, diplomat (born 1883)

See also

• 1954 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
• List of Soviet films of 1954

Notes and References

1. Book: Irving R. Levine. Travel Guide to Russia. 1960. Doubleday. 117.
2. Web site: Nuclear Power in Russia. World Nuclear Association. 2011-12-16. December 2011. 2013-02-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20130213052522/http://world-nuclear.org/info/inf45.html. dead.