1920 in Russia

Events from the year 1920 in Russia.

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR – Vladimir Lenin

Events

• Russia Civil War (1918–1920)
• Polish-Soviet War (1919–1921)
• Legalization of Abortion (1920–1936)
• Battle of Warsaw (12-25 August)

Births

• January 1 – Noor Inayat Khan, Russian born Indian espionage spy for Britain
• January 14 – Vahe Danielyan, Soviet soldier and concentration camp survivor
• July 11 –
• Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor, singer, and director
• Zecharia Sitchin, Soviet-born American author
• November 29 – Yegor Ligachyov, politician
• December 6 – Nikolai Kirtok, World War II fighter pilot

Deaths

• 9 March - Lidija Figner, revolutionary and a prominent member of the Narodniks (born 1853)
• 24 September - Inessa Armand, Female revolutionary, French-Russian communist politician, member of the Bolsheviks and a feminist (born 1874)
• 17 October - John Reed (journalist), American journalist, poet, and communist activist (born 1887)

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