1963 in the Soviet Union explained

The following lists events that happened during 1963 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:

Leonid Brezhnev

• Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union:

Nikita Khrushchev

Events

June

• 16 June - Valentina Tereshkova, aboard Vostok 6, is the first woman in space^[1]

December

• 18 December - Ghanian students protest in Red Square during the 1963 Moscow protest

Births

• 4 February - Sergei Pugachev, Russian businessman and politician
• 12 April - Anton Siluanov, Russian economist and current Minister of Finance
• 13 April - Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion
• 21 December - Dmitry Rogozin, Russian politician, co-founder of the far-right party Rodina,^[2] and Senator of the Russian Occupied Zaporozhye Oblast^[3]

Deaths

• 30 March - Alexander Gauk, Soviet conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• 16 May - Oleg Penkovsky, British Spy and GRU colonel^[4] (b. 1919)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Siegel . Ethan . The First Woman In Space Turns 80, And You Probably Never Heard Of Her . 2024-08-08 . Forbes . en.
2. Web site: 2008-09-24 . Russia Profile - Dmitry Rogozin . 2024-08-08 . web.archive.org.
3. Web site: Structure . 2024-08-08 . Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation . en.
4. Web site: Lt. Col. Oleg Penkovsky: Western Spy in Soviet GRU CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov) . 2024-08-08 . www.cia.gov.