The following lists events that happened during 1971 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Leonid Brezhnev Premier of the Soviet Union: Nikolai Bulganin Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR: Mikhail Yasnov
Events
January January 1 — Veronika Mavrikievna and Avdotya Nikitichna, a comic variety duet of actors, appear in the telecast 'Terem-Teremok'.
April April 19 — The Soviet Union launches Salyut 1."Soviet Sends Another Space Vehicle Into Orbit", The New York Times, April 19, 1971, p4
Births January 31 —Andriy Parubiy, Ukrainian politician (d. 2025) February 8 — Dmitry Nelyubin, track cyclist (d. 2005) February 27 — Zaal Udumashvili, Georgian politician March 31 — Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player April 3 — Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Russian actress and television presenter (d. 2024) April 21 — Valentin Morkov, Russian professional football coach and a former player July 22 — Mikheil Kavelashvili, 6th President of Georgia August 5 — Valdis Dombrovskis, 20th Prime Minister of Latvia September 1 — Gennady Bachinsky, Russian TV and radio host (d. 2008) December 15 — Vasily Aleksanyan, Russian lawyer and a former Executive Vice President of Yukos oil company (d. 2011) December 25 — Vladislav Galkin, Russian actor (d. 2010)
Deaths January 10 — Nadezhda Peshkova, artist (b. 1901) January 31 — Viktor Zhirmunsky, literary historian and linguist (b. 1891) April 2 — Vladimir Krinsky, artist and architect (b. 1890) April 12 — Igor Tamm, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895) April 29 — Nikolai Barabashov, Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1894) June 18 — Vladimir Biryukov, lexicographer (b. 1888) June 29 — Crew of Soyuz 11 Georgy Dobrovolsky (b. 1928) Viktor Patsayev (b. 1933) Vladislav Volkov (b. 1935) July 22 — Roman Mashkov, military intelligence officer (b. 1922) September 11 — Nikita Khrushchev, 3rd Leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1894) September 18 — Aleksandr Prokofiev, poet (b. 1900) September 28 — Vasily Butusov, footballer (b. 1892) October 17 — Sergey Kavtaradze, politician and diplomat (b. 1885) October 20 — Nikolai Basistiy, Soviet Navy officer (b. 1898) November 1 — Mikhail Romm, film director, screenwriter and pedagogue (b. 1901) November 15 — Rudolf Abel, intelligence officer (b. 1903) November 29 — Ivan Samylovsly, diplomat, politician and journalist (b. 1905) December 5 — Andrey Andreyev, former Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (b. 1895) December 8 — Ernst Krenkel, Arctic explorer and radio operator (b. 1903) December 18 — Aleksandr Tvardovsky, poet and writer (b. 1910)
References
See also 1971 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1971