The following lists events that happened during 1949 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 — Nikolay Shvernik Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union — Joseph Stalin
Events January January 25 — The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA or COMECON) is established by the Soviet Union and other communist nations. c. January 29 — Stalin and antisemitism: The Soviet media resume a savage propaganda campaign against "rootless cosmopolitans", a euphemism for Soviet Jews, accusing them of being pro-Western and antisocialist
March March 25–28 — Operation Priboi
May May 12 — Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts the Berlin Blockade
July July 10 — 1949 Khait earthquake
August August 29 — The atomic bomb RDS-1 is exploded in the first Soviet nuclear test
September September 13 — The Soviet Union vetoes United Nations membership for Ceylon, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Jordan and Portugal
October October 2 — The Soviet Union recognizes the People's Republic of China, proclaimed on the previous day
November November 7 — Oil is discovered beneath the Caspian Sea, off the coast of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
December
December 21 — Joseph Stalin's 70th Birthday is celebrated in Moscow December 25–31 — Khabarovsk War Crime Trials
Births January 1 — Abdumalik Abdullajanov, 3rd Prime Minister of Tajikistan January 2 Gennady Novitsky, 5th Prime Minister of Belarus Nikolai Pankin, breaststroke swimmer and swimming coach (d. 2018) January 3 — Nikolai Paltsev, politician (d. 2021) January 29 — Evgeny Lovchev, footballer February 16 — Yevgeny Nazdratenko, 2nd Governor of Primorsky Krai February 25 — Viktor Klimenko, Olympic gymnast February 26 — Viktor Ulyanich, boxer (d. 2014) March 4 — Sergei Bagapsh, 2nd President of Abkhazia (d. 2011) March 8 — Natalia Kuchinskaya, Olympic gymnast March 17 — Pavel Palazhchenko, interpreter March 18 — Boris Grachevsky, film director (d. 2021) March 19 — Valery Leontiev, actor and singer April 7 — Valentina Matviyenko, 4th Chairwoman of the Federation Council of Russia April 8 — Galust Sahakyan, 10th President of the National Assembly of Armenia (d. 2022) April 15 — Alla Pugacheva, singer and songwriter April 19 — Sergey Volkov, figure skater (d. 1990) April 21 — Vasily Guslyannikov, 1st Head of the Republic of Mordovia April 29 — Vasily Bochkaryov, 3rd Governor of Penza Oblast (d. 2016) May 2 — Aleksandr Kozlov, 3rd Governor of Oryol Oblast (d. 2021) May 15 — Nikolay Podgornov, 1st Governor of Vologda Oblast May 21 — Lyubov Polishchuk, actress (d. 2006) May 29 — Aleksandr Tsapin, 3rd Governor of Voronezh Oblast June 12 — Yuri Baturin, cosmonaut June 19 — Bolot Ayushiyev, 2nd Head of Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug June 20 — Vladimir Pechyony, 4th Governor of Magadan Oblast July 3 — Aleksandr Salnikov, basketball player (d. 2017) July 16 — Ishenbai Kadyrbekov, 4th Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Kyrgyzstan July 31 — Valeriu Maravschi, 1st Prime Minister of Moldova (d. 2020) August 1 — Kurmanbek Bakiyev, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan August 3 — Valeri Vasiliev, hockey player (d. 2012) August 5 — Yury Morozov, 9th Prime Minister of South Ossetia August 6 — Nikolay Kovalyov, 3rd Director of the Federal Security Service of Russia (d. 2019) August 11 — Vladimir Vasilyev, 5th Head of the Republic of Dagestan August 23 — Mikhail Golovatov, intelligence officer (d. 2022) September 16 — Kabibulla Dzhakupov, 7th Chairman of the Mäjilis of Kazakhstan September 17 — Marat Ospanov, 1st Chairman of the Mäjilis of Kazakhstan (d. 2000) September 18 — Gennady Komnatov, cyclist (d. 1979) September 23 — Elena Guskova, historian October 2 — Alexander Aksinin, painter (d. 1985) October 20 — Valeriy Borzov, athlete October 28 — Volodymyr Onyshchenko, footballer November 1 — Alexander Pushnitsa, sambo practitioner (d. 2023) November 3 — Alexander Gradsky, singer (d. 2021) November 4 — Abdujalil Samadov, 4th Prime Minister of Tajikistan (d. 2004) November 11 — Vladimir Polevanov, 3rd Governor of Amur Oblast November 14 — Vladimir Torlopov, 2nd Head of the Komi Republic November 21 Elena Mikhailovskaya, female draughts player (d. 1995) Anatoliy Kuksov, footballer (d. 2022) November 23 — Viktor Poganovsky, Olympic equestrian November 29 — Vazha Lortkipanidze, 2nd State Minister of Georgia December 11 — Boris Scherbakov, film and theater actor December 21 — Aleksandr Kharchikov, folk singer-songwriter (d. 2023)
Deaths January 16 — Vasily Degtyaryov, firearms designer (b. 1880) February 20 — Vasily Lebedev-Kumach, poet and lyricist (b. 1898) April 7 — Mikhail Denisenko, general (b. 1899) May 18 — Nikolai Semashko, 1st People's Commissar of Health of the Soviet Union (b. 1874) May 24 — Alexey Shchusev, architect (b. 1873) May 30 — Igor Belkovich, astronomer (b. 1904) October 1 — Nykyta Budka, priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (b. 1877) October 14 — Roman Lysko, priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (b. 1914) October 17 — Fyodor Tolbukhin, military commander (b. 1894) November 11 — Ignatiy Stelletsky, archaeologist, historian and researcher (b. 1878) December 3 — Maria Ouspenskaya, actress and acting teacher (b. 1876) December 31 — Raimond Valgre, composer and musician (b. 1913)
See also 1949 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1949
References