The following lists events that happened during

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...

in the

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by are ...

Incumbents

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. was the Party leader, leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). From 1924 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union, country's dissoluti ...

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Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ...

(starting 3 April) * Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets –

Mikhail Kalinin Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (, ; 3 June 1946) was a Soviet politician and Russian Old Bolshevik revolutionary who served as the first chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 1938 until his resignation in 1946. From ...

(starting 30 December) *

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union The Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union was the Premier of the Soviet Union, head of government of the Soviet Union during the existence of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1946. ...

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Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( 187021 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until Death and state funeral of ...

(starting 30 December)

Events

February

* 5-14 February –

Battle of Volochayevka The Battle of Volochayevka was an important battle of the Far Eastern Front in the latter part of the Russian Civil War. It occurred on February 10 through 12, 1922, near Volochayevka station on the Amur Railway, on the outskirts of the city of ...

March

* 27 March – 2 April –

11th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) The 11th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was held during 27 March – 2 April 1922 in Moscow. The congress was attended by 522 with a casting vote alongside 165 with consultative vote, and elected the 11th Central Committee. ...

Fall

Mass expulsions of intellectuals on the so-called

Philosophers' ships The philosophers' ships or philosopher's steamers () were steamships that transported intellectuals expelled from Soviet Russia in 1922. The main load was handled by two German ships, the ''Oberbürgermeister Haken'' and the ''Preussen'', which ...

and later by rail.

December

* 30 December – First All-Union Congress of Soviets ** 30 December –

Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union The Central Executive Committee of the USSR (), which may be abbreviated as the CEC (), was the supreme governing body of the USSR in between sessions of the All-Union Congress of Soviets from 1922 to 1938. The Central Executive Committee elec ...

* 30 December – The

Declaration of the Creation of the USSR The Declaration on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is a historical document which, together with the Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, formed the constitutional basis for the creation of t ...

is ratified. * 30 December –

Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement between sovereign states and/or international organizations that is governed by international law. A treaty may also be known as an international agreement, protocol, covenant, convention ...

Births

* 5 January – Aleksey Gushchin, Olympic shooting champion (died 1986) * 7 March – Olga Ladyzhenskaya, mathematician * 20 March –

Irina Antonova Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova (; 20 March 192230 November 2020) was a Soviet and Russian art historian who served as a Director of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow for 52 years, from 1961 to 2013, making her the oldest and the longest serving director ...

, art historian (died 2020) * 30 March – Konstantin Kabanov, Soviet Air Force pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union * 1 December – Vsevolod Bobrov, Olympic footballer * 2 December – Ekaterina Kalinchuk, Olympic gymnast * 12 December –

Vasily Borisov Vasily Fyodorovich Borisov (; 12 December 1922 – 21 August 2003) was a Soviet rifle shooter. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in five individual events and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal. Between 1954 and 1966 Borisov won 22 ...

, Olympic shooting champion (died 2003) * 23 December –

Sofya Kondakova Sofya Kondakova (; born 1922. – 24 September 2012) was a Soviet female speed skater. She won a gold medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Spee ...

, speed skater * 27 December –

Yevheniia Kucherenko Yevheniia Markiianivna Kucherenko (; 27 December 1922 – 29 December 2020) was a Soviet Ukrainian pedagogue of the Ukrainian language and literature at the No. 74 Lviv Secondary Comprehensive School in the village of Rudne for 49 years until he ...

, pedagogue * date unknown –

Ilya Timofeyevich Osipov Ilya Timofeyevich Osipov (; 1922 – January 1944) was a Tatar Red Army soldier and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. Osipov was awarded the title for his work with pontoon bridges during the Battle of the Dnieper, but went missing in January ...

, Red Army soldier and

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union () was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society. The title was awarded both ...

References

1920s in the Soviet Union Years in the Soviet Union

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

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