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