The following lists events that happened during 1942 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents 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 – Joseph Stalin
Births January 1 Gennady Sarafanov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (d. 2005) Sergey Shakurov, Soviet and Russian actor Yuri Vladimirov, Soviet ballet dancer (d. 2025) January 5 — Giorgi Arsenishvili, 3rd State Minister of Georgia (d. 2010) January 7 Svetlana Savyolova, Soviet and Russian film and stage actress (d. 1999) Vasily Alekseyev, weightlifter (d. 2011) January 24 — Valery Obodzinsky, Soviet and Russian tenor (d. 1997) February 3 — Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, 8th Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (d. 2020) February 10 — Anatolijs Gorbunovs, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Latvia March 11 — Aslambek Aslakhanov, Deputy of the State Duma (d. 2024) April 11 — Anatoly Berezovoy, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (d. 2014) April 14 Valeriy Brumel, Soviet and Russian high jumper (d. 2003) Valentin Lebedev, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut April 27 — Valeri Polyakov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (d. 2022) April 29 — Galina Kulakova, Soviet and Russian cross-country skier May 13 — Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut May 25 — Alexander Kalyagin, Soviet and Russian actor and director June 2 — Eduard Malofeyev, Soviet and Belarusian footballer and coach July 10 — Pyotr Klimuk, Soviet and Belarusian cosmonaut July 16 — Victor Kalashnikov, Russian small arms designer (d. 2018) July 28 — Valdis Birkavs, 11th Prime Minister of Latvia August 17 — Muslim Magomayev, Soviet, Azerbaijani and Russian opera and pop singer (d. 2008) August 25 — Margarita Terekhova, Soviet and Russian theater and film actress October 8 — Ismat Gayibov, 1st Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan (d. 1991) October 11 — Anatoly Tyazhlov, 1st Governor of Moscow Oblast (d. 2008) October 15 — Tursunbek Chyngyshev, 2nd Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan October 26 — Vladimir Yermoshin, 4th Prime Minister of Belarus October 30 — Eduard Vinokurov, Soviet and Russian Olympic sabre fencer (d. 2010) November 21 — Liudmyla Sheremet, Ukrainian anesthesiologist (d. 2014) November 22 — Ruslan Khasbulatov, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation (d. 2023) December 30 — Vladimir Bukovsky, Soviet and Russian human rights activist and writer (d. 2019)
Deaths 14 February – Matvey Kuzmin 14 August – Sabina Spielrein
See also 1942 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1942
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