The following lists events that happened during 1963 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents

First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union:

Nikita Khrushchev

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union:

Leonid Brezhnev

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union:

Nikita Khrushchev

Events

June

June 16 — Valentina Tereshkova, aboard Vostok 6, is the first woman in space

December

December 18 — Ghanaian students protest in Red Square during the 1963 Moscow protest

Births January 10 — Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater (d. 2001) February 4 — Sergei Pugachev, Russian businessman and politician February 25 — Merab Katsitadze, Georgian footballer April 12 — Anton Siluanov, Russian economist and current Minister of Finance April 13 — Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion April 24 — Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian punk rock musician May 25 — Eha Rünne, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower June 1 — Igor Zhelezovski, Soviet and Belarusian speed skater (d. 2021) June 17 — Temir Sariyev, 17th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan June 26 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, exiled Russian businessman, oligarch and opposition activist Farukh Ruzimatov, Uzbek-Russian ballet dancer July 8 — Dmitry Pevtsov, Russian actor and politician July 12 — Aleksandr Domogarov, Soviet and Russian theater actor, TV presenter and chanson singer July 20 — Alexander Zhulin, Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor August 14 — Karen Karapetyan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia August 15 — Valery Levaneuski, Belarusian political and social activist October 6 — Vasile Tarlev, 6th Prime Minister of Moldova October 13 — Bakhytjan Sagintayev, 9th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan October 20 — Iurie Leanca, 9th Prime Minister of Moldova October 27 — Sergey Smiryagin, Russian freestyle swimmer (d. 2020) December 4 — Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian former pole vaulter December 9 — Zurab Zhvania, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia (d. 2005) December 14 — Vytautas Juozapaitis, Lithuanian singer December 21 — Dmitry Rogozin, Russian politician, co-founder of the far-right party Rodina and Senator of the Russian Occupied Zaporozhye Oblast

Deaths January 20 — Fyodor Terentyev, cross-country skier (b. 1925) January 31 — Alasgar Alakbarov, actor (b. 1910) February 15 — Nikanor Zakhvatayev, general and army commander (b. 1898) February 27 — Vladimir Konashevich, graphic artist and illustrator (b. 1888) March 30 — Alexander Gauk, conductor and composer (b. 1893) May 3 — Vladimir Sviridov, military commander and lieutenant general of artillery (b. 1897) May 16 — Oleg Penkovsky, British spy and GRU colonel (b. 1919) May 23 — August Jakobson, writer and politician (b. 1904) May 29 — Vissarion Shebalin, composer and music pedagogue (b. 1902) June 18 — Boris Korolyov, sculptor (b. 1885) August 15 — Timofei Strokach, prominent military figure of the NKVD and KGB (b. 1903) August 20 — Alexander Utvenko, lieutenant general (b. 1905) September 9 — Archie Johnstone, Scottish journalist, hotelier and humanitarian who defected to the Soviet Union (b. 1896) October 18 — Andrey Kravchenko, colonel general (b. 1899) November 3 — Augusts Kirhenšteins, 1st Chairman of the Presidium of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (b. 1872) November 25 — Alexander Marinesko, naval officer (b. 1913)

See also

1963 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1963

References