The following lists events that happened during

1926 In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the ...

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 ...

* 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 ...

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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Alexei Rykov Alexei Ivanovich Rykov (25 February 188115 March 1938) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician and statesman, most prominent as premier of Russia and the Premier of the Soviet Union, Soviet Union from 1924 to 1929 and 1924 t ...

Events

January

* 29 January – Soviet law changes and the size of inheritable estates becomes effectively unlimited.

April

* 24 April – The

Treaty of Berlin (1926) The Treaty of Berlin (German–Soviet Neutrality and Nonaggression Pact) was a treaty signed on 24 April 1926 under which Weimar Republic, Germany and the Soviet Union pledged neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party fo ...

is signed.

July

* July – The "Declaration of the 13" was written by Kamenev, Krupskaya, Trotsky, Zinoviev, along with 9 other contributors. The declaration was a denouncement of the economic policies of the left and the attacks on freedom the writers felt would lead to the destruction of the Bolshevik Revolution.

December

* December – The First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union is conducted.

Births

* 11 January – Lev Dyomin, cosmonaut * 20 January – Vitaly Vorotnikov, statesman * 31 January – Lev Russov, painter * 7 February ** Konstantin Feoktistov, cosmonaut ** Mark Taimanov, pianist * 10 March – Ivan Filin, Olympic athlete * 24 March –

Engels Kozlov Engels Vasilievich Kozlov (; March 24, 1926, – November 20, 2007) was a Soviet Russian painter, People's Artist of Russia, lived and worked in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of p ...

, painter * 3 April –

Valentin Falin Valentin Mikhailovich Falin (; 3 April 1926 – 22 February 2018) was a Soviet diplomat and politician. Early life Falin was born in Leningrad. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1950. Career From 1951 t ...

, diplomat and politician (died 2018) * 10 April –

Valeria Larina Valeria Borisovna Larina (; April 10, 1926 – February 25, 2008) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and graphic artist who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad). She was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists ...

, painter * 26 April – Yefrem Sokolov, politician (died in 2022) * 22 May – Mikhail Bychkov, ice hockey player * 1 June – Aleksandr Anufriyev, Olympic athlete * 23 September – Valentin Kuzin, ice hockey player * 25 September –

Sergei Filatov Sergei Ivanovich Filatov (, 25 September 1926 – 3 April 1997) was a Soviet equestrianism, equestrian who competed in the mixed dressage at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics. He won individual gold in 1960 and two bronze medals in 1964, individua ...

, Olympic equestrian * 8 October – Andrey Yevgenyevich Lichko, psychiatrist * 20 October – Gennadi Kryuchkov, Russian Baptist minister * 31 October – Saima Karimova, Russian geologist (died 2013) * 10 December – Nikolai Tishchenko, footballer

Deaths

* 5 February - Theodor Nette, Soviet diplomatic courier of NKID (born

1896 Events January * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports Wilhelm Röntgen's dis ...

) * 20 July - Felix Dzerzhinsky,

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, were a radical Faction (political), faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks at the 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, ...

revolutionary and

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

(born

1877 Events January * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act 1876, introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sioux War of 1876: Batt ...

) * 24 November –

Leonid Krasin Leonid Borisovich Krasin (; – 24 November 1926) was a Russians, Russian Soviet Union, Soviet politician, engineer, social entrepreneur, Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet diplomat. In 1924 he became the first List of ambassadors of Russia to ...

( born

1870 Events January * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge be ...

) * 17 March - Aleksei Brusilov,

General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...

during WW1 and the

Russian Civil War The Russian Civil War () was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the 1917 overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. I ...

(born

1853 Events January–March * January 6 – ** Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida. **U.S. President-elect ...

)

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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