The following lists events that happened during 1932 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets – Mikhail Kalinin Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Vyacheslav Molotov
Events Soviet famine of 1932–33
January 21 January – The Soviet–Finnish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
July 25 July – The Soviet–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
August 7 August – The Law of Spikelets is enacted.
September 23 September – Ryutin Affair: Martemyan Ryutin and others in the Union of Marxists-Leninists are arrested.
Births 3 January – Valentina Gaganova, textile worker and politician (died 2010). 4 January – Roman Personov, scientist (died 2002) 10 January – Iskra Babich, film director 25 January – Nikolay Anikin, skier 27 January Rimma Kazakova, poet Boris Shakhlin, Olympic gymnast 22 February – Victor Cherkashin, KGB counter-intelligence officer 4 April – Andrei Tarkovsky, film director (died 1986) 3 May – Maria Itkina, Olympic sprinter (died 2020) 15 May – Arkady Volsky, politician 6 June – Tamara Novikova, female cyclist 13 June – Boris Katalimov, Chess International Master 16 June – Alla Osipenko, ballerina (died 2025) 20 June – Robert Rozhdestvensky, poet (died 1994) 2 August – Vladimir Struzhanov, swimmer 20 August – Vasily Aksyonov, novelist 18 September – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut 16 December – Rodion Shchedrin, composer (died 2025)
Deaths 18 January – Dmitry Shcherbachev, general (born 1857) 9 November – Nadezhda Alliluyeva, second wife of Joseph Stalin (born 1901)
See also 1932 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1932
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