1940 in the Soviet Union
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The following lists events that happened during 1940 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.[1]
Incumbents[edit]
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Kalinin
- Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Vyacheslav Molotov
Births[edit]
- May 24 – Joseph Brodsky
- June 28 – Alina Vedmid, politician and agronomist.[2]
- October 5 – Rein Aun, Estonian decathlete and coach (d. 1995)
Deaths[edit]
- January 27 – Isaac Babel
- February 2
- February 4
- 10 March – Mikhail Bulgakov
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Bloch, Leon Bryce and Lamar Middleton, ed. The World Over in 1940 (1941) detailed coverage of world events online free; 914pp
- ^ "Ведмідь Аліна Петрівна" [Vedmid Alina Petrovna] (in Ukrainian). Leaders of the Regions. Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
Further reading[edit]
- Bloch, Leon Bryce and Lamar Middleton, ed. The World Over in 1940 (1941) detailed coverage of world events online free; 914pp