The following lists events that happened during

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons have been used in combat. Events World War II will be ...

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 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union —

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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Events

*January 12 — WWII: The

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 ...

begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the

German Army The German Army (, 'army') is the land component of the armed forces of Federal Republic of Germany, Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German together with the German Navy, ''Marine'' (G ...

. Duffy, C.
Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany, 1945
' Routledge 1991 . Page 67 *January 13 — WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in

East Prussia East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's ...

. *January 17 — WWII: The

occupies

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

, Poland. *May 2 — WWII: The Soviet Union captures and occupies

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. *May 9 —

declares victory over Nazi Germany during a speech broadcast on radio. *June 24 — Moscow Victory Parade *August 9 — WWII: The Soviet Union declared war on

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

shortly after the

Atomic bombing of Nagasaki On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, during World War II. The aerial bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civili ...

Births

*January 3 — Yaroslav Lesiv, Ukrainian poet and priest (d.

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

) *January 9 —

Levon Ter-Petrosyan Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan (; born 9 January 1946), also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician and historian who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998. A senior researcher at the Matena ...

, 1st

President of Armenia The president of Armenia () is the head of state and the guarantor of independence and territorial integrity of Armenia elected to a single seven-year term by the National Assembly of Armenia. Under Armenia's parliamentary system, the president ...

*February 10 —

Vladimir Shumeyko Vladimir Filippovich Shumeyko (also spelled Shumeiko) (; born 10 February 1945) is a Russian political figure. In November 1991, Vladimir Shumeyko was appointed deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation. In May 1992, Shu ...

, 1st Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia *February 28 —

Alexey Ekimov Alexey Ekimov or Aleksey Yekimov (; born 1945) is a Russian Solid-state physics, solid state physicist and a pioneer in nanomaterials research. He discovered the semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots in 1981, while working at the Vavi ...

, Russian solid state physicist *March 13 —

Anatoly Fomenko Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko (; born 13 March 1945 in Stalino, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian professor of Mathematics at Moscow State University. He is well-known as a topologist and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is a painter and il ...

, Russian mathematician *March 22 —

Givi Gumbaridze Givi Gumbaridze ( ka, გივი გუმბარიძე; ; born 22 March 1945) is a former Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#S ...

, 15th

First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party The First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party (; ) was the leading position in the Georgian Communist Party (Soviet Union), Georgian Communist Party during the Soviet Union, Soviet era. Its leaders were responsible for many of the affairs in ...

*March 26 —

Mikhail Voronin Mikhail Yakovlevich Voronin (; 26 March 1945 – 22 May 2004) was a Soviet and Russian gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won seven medals, including two gold, at the 1968 Summer Olympics, as well as ...

, Soviet and Russian gymnast (d.

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

) *March 28 — Raine Loo, Estonian actress (d.

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

) *March 31 —

Lidiya Belozyorova Lidiya Oleksiivna Belozyorova (; ; 31 March 1945 – 15 February 2022) was a Ukrainian actress of stage and screen. She began working as an artist at the Mykola Kulish Theatre and spent her professional working career at between 1968 and 1969, t ...

, Ukrainian actress (d.

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

) *May 6 — Besarion Gugushvili, 1st

Prime Minister of Georgia The prime minister of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პრემიერ-მინისტრი, tr) is the head of government and chief executive of Georgia (country), Georgia. In Georgia, the President of Georgia, presi ...

*May 14 —

Vladislav Ardzinba Vladislav Ardzinba (, ka, ვლადისლავ არძინბა; 14 May 1945 – 4 March 2010) was an Abkhaz historian and politician who served as the first '' de facto'' president of Abkhazia. Ardzinba led Abkhazia to '' de fact ...

, 1st

President of Abkhazia The president of Abkhazia is the '' de facto'' head of state and head of government of the partially recognized Republic of Abkhazia, that is ''de jure'' part of Georgia. The position was created in 1994. Before the office of president was cr ...

(d.

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

) *May 20 — Aleksandr Belyakov, 1st

Governor of Leningrad Oblast The Governor of Leningrad Oblast () is the head of executive branch for the Leningrad Oblast, considered as Prime Minister of Leningrad Oblast. The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. Whi ...

*May 22 —

Joseph Alliluyev Iosif Grigoryevich Alliluyev (; 22 May 1945 – 2 November 2008) was a Russian cardiologist and a grandson of Joseph Stalin. Biography The son of Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva, Iosif was seven years old when Stalin, his maternal gran ...

, Russian cardiologist and grandson of

(d.

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

) *June 11 —

Valery Chaptynov Valery Ivanovich Chaptynov (; 11 June 1945 – 10 August 1997) was a Russian politician. He was the first Head of the Altai Republic, the first Member of the Federation Council from the Altai Republic, and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme ...

, 1st

Head of the Altai Republic The head of the Altai Republic (; ) is the head of the republic and government of Altai Republic, the federal subject of Russia. The head of the Republic is elected by the citizens of Altai Republic for five years. Powers The powers of The head ...

(d.

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

) *June 19 —

Natalya Seleznyova Natalya Igorevna Seleznyova (; born 19 June 1945) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. Biography She first took the stage at the age of six, participating in the Russian Army Theatre, Red Army Theatre plays. Her notabl ...

, Soviet and Russian theater and film actress *July 19 —

Oleg Fotin Oleg Fotin (; born 19 July 1945) is a retired Russian swimmer. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tok ...

, Russian swimmer *August 4 —

Gennady Burbulis Gennady Eduardovich Burbulis (; 4 August 1945 – 19 June 2022) was a Russian politician. A close associate of Boris Yeltsin, he held several high positions in the first Russian government, including Secretary of State, and was one of the drafters ...

, Russian politician (d.

) *August 9 —

Zurab Sakandelidze Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze ( ka, ზურაბ საკანდელიძე; ; 9 August 1945 – 25 January 2004) was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was ...

, Georgian basketball player (d.

) *August 14 — Valeriy Shmarov, 3rd Minister of Defence of Ukraine (d.

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

) *August 29 — Alyosha Abrahamyan, Armenian footballer (d.

) *September 23 —

Igor Ivanov Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov (; born 23 September 1945) is a Russian politician and diplomat who was Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004 under both the Yeltsin and the Putin administrations. Early life Ivanov was born in 1945 in Moscow t ...

, 3rd

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia The minister of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation is a high-ranking Russian government official who heads the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia), ministry of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation. The foreign minister is one of th ...

*September 29 —

Nadezhda Chizhova Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova (, born 29 September 1945) is a retired Russian shot putter who won three Olympic medals and four European titles, and set seven new world records. She became the first woman to break both the and barriers. She ...

, Russian athlete *October 3 —

Viktor Saneyev Viktor Danilovich Saneyev (; ka, ვიქტორ სანეევი, Vikt’or Saneevi; 3 October 1945 – 3 January 2022) was a Georgian triple jumper who competed internationally for the USSR. He won four Olympic medals – three gol ...

, Georgian triple jumper, Olympic champion (d.

) *November 5 —

Nikolai Tanayev Nikolay Timofeyevich Tanayev (; 5 November 1945 – 19 July 2020) was a Kyrgyz politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 2002 to 2005, under President Askar Akayev. Career He served as Deputy Prime Minister under Kurmanbek ...

, 8th

Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan The chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, formerly known as the prime minister of Kyrgyzstan, chairs the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic. Powers Until 2010, the President of Kyrgyzstan, president was in a stronger ...

(d.

) *November 11 —

Gennady Savelyev Gennady Petrovich Savelyev (Russian: Геннадий Петрович Савельев; born 11 November 1945), is a Russian politician who had served as the 2nd and last head of administration (governor) of Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug before t ...

, 2nd Head of Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug *November 13 —

Vladislav Achalov Vladislav Alekseyevich Achalov (; 19 November 1945 – 23 June 2011) was a Soviet general, politician and public figure. Achalov served as the 12th commander of the Soviet Airborne Forces and the deputy minister of defence (1990–1991). Biogr ...

, Soviet and Russian general, politician and public figure (d.

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

) *December 10 —

Yury Yevdokimov Yury Alekseyevich Yevdokimov (, born 10 December 1945) was the Governor of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. He became the governor in 1996 in Russia, 1996 and was reelected with a large overall majority on March 14, 2004 in Russia, 2004. He was dismissed ...

, 2nd

Governor of Murmansk Oblast The Governor of Murmansk Oblast () is the head of the executive branch of government in Murmansk Oblast, in northwestern Russia. The position of governor under the current Charter of Murmansk Oblast was created in 1997. Until the adoption of the ...

*December 21 —

Mari Lill Mari Lill (born 21 December 1945) is an Estonian stage, film and television actress whose career began onstage in the late 1960s. Early life and education Mari Lill was born in Tallinn to Felix Lill and Asta Lill (''née'' Multer) just after th ...

, Estonian actress *December 24 — Avtandil Margiani, 16th

Deaths

*January 6 —

Vladimir Vernadsky Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (), also spelt Volodymyr Ivanovych Vernadsky (; – 6 January 1945), was a Russian, Ukrainian, and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist who is considered one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and radio ...

, mineralogist and geochemist (b.

1863 Events January * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate States of America an official war goal. The signing ...

) *February 18 —

Ivan Chernyakhovsky Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky (; ; – 18 February 1945) was the youngest-ever Soviet General of the army. For his leadership during World War II he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union twice. He died from wounds received outside K� ...

, general (b.

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...

) *February 23 —

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (; – 23 February 1945) was a Russian writer whose works span across many genres, but mainly belonged to science fiction and historical fiction. Despite having opposed the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, he was abl ...

, writer (b.

1883 Events January * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – ...

) *March 3 —

Aleksandra Samusenko Aleksandra Grigoryevna Samusenko (, , ''Oleksandra Hryhorivna Samusenko''; 1922 – 3 March 1945) was a Soviet T-34 tank commander and a liaison officer during World War II. She was the only female tanker in the 1st Guards Tank Army. Samusenko w ...

, WWII tank commander (b.

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 ...

) *March 26 —

Boris Shaposhnikov Boris Mikhaylovich Shaposhnikov () ( – 26 March 1945) was a Soviet Union, Soviet military officer, Military theory, theoretician and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He served as the Chief of the General Staff (Russia), Chief of the General St ...

, military leader (b.

1882 Events January * January 2 ** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates. ** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in New York at the ...

) *May 7 — Vladimir Boyarsky, army officer (b.

1901 December 13 of this year is the beginning of signed 32-bit Unix time, and is scheduled to end in January 19, 2038. Summary Political and military 1901 started with the unification of multiple British colonies in Australia on January ...

) *May 10 — Aleksandr Shcherbakov, 15th First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b.

) *May 25 — Demyan Bedny, poet (b.

) *June 16 — Nikolai Berzarin, Red Army general (b.

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ...

) *June 30 — Gabriel El-Registan, poet (b.

1899 Events January * January 1 ** Spanish rule formally ends in Cuba with the cession of Spanish sovereignty to the U.S., concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (February 1899), p ...

) *July 12 —

Boris Galerkin Boris Grigoryevich Galerkin (, surname more accurately romanized as Galyorkin; –12 July 1945) was a Soviet mathematician and an engineer. Biography Early life Galerkin was born on in Polotsk, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire, now part of ...

, mathematician (b.

1871 Events January–March * January 3 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Bapaume – Prussians win a strategic victory. * January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...

) *October 20 —

Varvara Massalitinova Varvara Osipovna Massalitinova (; July 29, 1878 – October 20, 1945) was a Russian and Soviet stage and film actress. Life and career Born at Yelets in Oryol Governorate, she began acting at an amateur theatre club in the Siberia, Siberian city ...

, stage and film actress (b.

1878 Events January * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Shipka Pass IV – Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Russo-Turkish War: ...

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