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1949 In The Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1949 in the Soviet Union, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last One-party state, single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first Volkswagen Beetle, VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York City, New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon Sr., Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and international security, security, to develop friendly Diplomacy, relations among State (polity), states, to promote international cooperation, and to serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of states in achieving those goals. The United Nations headquarters is located in New York City, with several other offices located in United Nations Office at Geneva, Geneva, United Nations Office at Nairobi, Nairobi, United Nations Office at Vienna, Vienna, and The Hague. The UN comprises six principal organizations: the United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly, the United Nations Security Council, Security Council, the United Nations Economic and Social Council, Economic and Social Council, the International Court of Justice, the United Nations Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Paltsev
Nikolai Ivanovich Paltsev (; 3 January 1949 – 1 December 2021) was a Russian politician. A member of United Russia, he served as mayor of Stavropol from 2008 to 2011. Biography Paltsev was born 3 January 1949 in the Petrovsky District, Stavropol Krai, Petrovsky District of Stavropol Krai. He graduated from Pyatigorsk State University in 1973 with a degree in German. He would return to his home village and teach German, eventually being elected as the first secretary of the local Komsomol district in 1971. Paltsev rose through the ranks of the organization, becoming the head of the Department of Propaganda and Agitation in 1985, and secretary of the Central Committee from 1986-1990. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Paltsev briefly worked in the private sector, before returning to public service as the deputy director of the Caucasus Mineral Water in 1999. Paltsev would hold numerous government positions in the Stavropol Krai regional government, including (successi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 In Russia
Events in the year 2018 in Russia. Incumbents *President of Russia, President: Vladimir Putin *Prime Minister of Russia, Prime Minister: Dmitry Medvedev Events January * 15 January - Two men aged 16, 2018 Perm school stabbing, attacked students and a teacher with knives after which they attempted suicide. As a result of the attack, 15 people were injured, including the perpetrators. February * 11 February – Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashed shortly after take-off, killing all 71 people on board. March * 15–17 March – Sergey Lavrov has announced that Russia will expel diplomats from the United Kingdom because of the expulsion of 23 Russian envoys due to the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and Yulia Skripal. The Russian foreign ministry is to expel 23 British diplomats amid tensions over the nerve agent attack in the United Kingdom. * 18 March – In the Russian presidential election, 2018, Russian presidential election, Vladimir Putin is elected for a fourth term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Pankin
Nikolai Ivanovich Pankin (; born 2 January 1949 – 13 October 2018) was a Russian breaststroke swimmer and swimming coach. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke and 4 × 100 m medley relay. In 1968 he won a bronze medal in the 100 m and narrowly missed a bronze in the 200 m; he also swam the semifinal for the Soviet medley relay team that won a bronze medal. Pankin was less successful in 1972 and 1976, and finished close to the podium in the medley relay. At the 1970 and 1974 European Championships, Pankin won a medal in each of the three events he competed. His last international medal was a bronze in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1975 World Championships. During his career, Pankin set four world records, two in the 100 m (1:06.2 in 1968 and 1:05.8 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Belarus
The prime minister of the Republic of Belarus (; ) is the head of government of Belarus. Until 1991, it was known as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic as the head of the government of the constituent republic of the Soviet Union. The prime minister leads the Council of Ministers of Belarus, the central government body, and is accountable to the president. The prime minister is appointed by the president of Belarus. Once the prime minister is appointed they form a 30-member cabinet which consists of ministers and chairmen, the latter of which is a non-ministerial post. As Belarus is a presidential republic the prime minister has no real power or control over government affairs and it is ultimately under direct control of the president who has the real power over government and its activities. Duties The activities of the prime minister in managing the government include: *Signing government legislation *Inform the Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennady Novitsky
Gennady Vasilievich Novitsky (born January 2, 1949) is a Belarusian politician, born in Mogilev. He was a Deputy Prime Minister from 1997 to 2001. He has held various positions including the position as the 5th Prime Minister of Republic of Belarus under the Presidency of Alexander Lukashenko. He held this position from October 2001 until Sergei Sidorsky's appointment in July 2003. The State for the People!: The Official Internet Portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus. Retrieved 15 April 2012. More r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Tajikistan
The prime minister of Tajikistan (Сарвазири Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон'', Sarvaziri Jumhurii Tojikiston'') is the title held by the head of government of Tajikistan. After the President of Tajikistan, president, the prime minister is second most powerful person of the country. The prime minister coordinates the work of the Cabinet and advises and assists the President of Tajikistan, president in the execution of the functions of government. List of prime ministers of Tajikistan (1925–present) Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1929) Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars *Nusratullo Maksum, Nusratulla Maksum Lutfullayev (1925–1926) *Polat Usmon Khodzhayev (December 1926 – 1928) *Mumin Khodzhayev (March 1928 – December 1929) Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (1929–1991) Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars *Abdurrahim Hojibayev (December 1929 – 28 December 1933) *Abdullo Rakhimbayev (28 December 1933 – February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdumalik Abdullajanov
Abdumalik Abdullayevich Abdullajanov (born 1 January 1949) is a Tajikistani politician, born in Leninabad. He served as the third prime minister of Tajikistan from 21 September 1992 to 18 December 1993. He resigned as Prime Minister to become Tajikistan's first ambassador to Russia. In 1994, he ran in the second presidential elections in Tajikistan but, according to official reports, lost to Emomali Rahmon, Tajikistan's current president. After that, he left Tajikistan, stayed in Russia for several years, then moved to the United States in 1998 and lived there since then; Abdullajanov had refugee status there. Abdullajanov was detained at Boryspil International Airport (near Ukrainian capital Kyiv) on the request of the Tajik authorities upon arriving from Los Angeles on 5 February 2013. Tajik authorities accuse Abdullajanov of plotting an assassination attempt on Rahmon on 30 April 1997, when the president was wounded in the leg. Abdullajanov was also charged with organizing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khabarovsk War Crime Trials
The Khabarovsk war crimes trials were the Soviet hearings of twelve Japanese Kwantung Army officers and medical staff charged with the manufacture and use of biological weapons, and human experimentation, during World War II. The war crimes trials were held between 25 and 31 December 1949 in the Soviet industrial city of Khabarovsk (Хабаровск), the largest in the Russian Far East. The Soviet Union and the United States allegedly gathered data from the Unit after the fall of Japan. While twelve Unit 731 researchers arrested by Soviet forces were tried at the December 1949 Khabarovsk war crimes trials, they were sentenced only to the Siberian labor camp from two to 25 years, seemingly in exchange for the information they held. Those captured by the US military were secretly given immunity,Hal Gold, ''Unit 731 Testimony'', 2003, p. 109. while being covered up with stipends to the perpetrators. The US was purported to have co-opted the researchers' bioweap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in Moscow metropolitan area, its metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's List of largest cities, largest cities, being the List of European cities by population within city limits, most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest List of urban areas in Europe, urban and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow became the capital of the Grand Principality of Moscow, which led the unification of the Russian lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
