The following lists events that happened during 1946 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents
Events
February
- February 10 â Legislation Elections are held for the first time in nearly a decade.
December
- December 15 â the Iran crisis of 1946 ends with the Dissolution of theàAzerbaijan People's Governmentàand theàRepublic of Mahabad following the withdraw of the last remaining Soviet troops from Iran.
Births
- January 15 â Valentin Dubinin, Acting Governor of Primorsky Krai
- January 18 â Victoria Fyodorova, Russian-American actress and author (d. 2012)
- January 24 â Vasily Zakharyashchev, politician (d. 2023)
- February 13 â Lev Korshunov, 2nd Governor of Altai Krai
- February 22 â Nagima Aitkhozhina, Kazakh biologist (d. 2020)
- February 26 â Viktor Kazantsev, envoy of the Russian President to the Southern Federal District (d. 2021)
- March 23 â Lyudmila Byakova, Russian seamstress
- March 25 â Anatoly Guzhvin, 1st Governor of Astrakhan Oblast (d. 2004)
- April 2 â Beno Axionov, Russian-Moldovan actor, director, drama teacher and screenwriter
- April 22 â Allahverdi Baghirov, Azerbaijani officer (d. 1992)
- April 25 â Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Founder and 1st Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (d. 2022)
- May 14 â Anatoliy Zheglanov, Soviet and Russian ski jumper (d. 1999)
- May 17 â Galina Starovoytova, dissident (d. 1998)
- June 2 â Valery Fateyev, 1st Governor of Smolensk Oblast
- July 18 â Kanat Saudabayev, 6th State Counsellor of Kazakhstan
- July 23 â Alexander Kaidanovsky, Soviet and Russian actor and film director (d. 1995)
- July 25 â Vasily Dyakonov, 1st Governor of Krasnodar Krai (d. 2012)
- August 3 â Nikolai Burlyayev, Soviet and Russian actor and film director
- August 4 â Ramazan Abdulatipov, 4th Head of the Republic of Dagestan
- August 15 â Anatoly Kvashnin, 4th Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (d. 2022)
- August 19 â Zoja Rudnova, Soviet and Russian international table tennis player (d. 2014)
- August 20 â Valentin Vlasov, 2nd Mayor of Arkhangelsk (d. 2020)
- August 26 â Liana Isakadze, Georgian violinist and conductor (d. 2024)
- September 10 â Semen Gluzman, Ukrainian psychiatrist and human rights activist (d. 2026)
- September 13 â Henri Kuprashvili, Georgian swimmer
- September 21
- Mikhail Kovalchuk, Russian physicist and official
- Mart Siimann, 12th Prime Minister of Estonia
- October 4 â Yevgeny Kharitonov, 3rd Governor of Krasnodar Krai
- October 6 â Yekaterina Gradova, Soviet and Russian film actress (d. 2021)
- October 8 â Aleksandr Gorshkov, Soviet and Russian ice dancer (d. 2022)
- November 22 â Oleg Kagan, violinist (d. 1990)
- November 27 â Nina Maslova, Soviet and Russian actress
- December 31 â Lyudmila Pakhomova, ice dancer (d. 1986)
Deaths
- January 2 â Fabijan Abrantovich, civic and religious leader (b. 1884)
- May 1 â Israfil Mammadov, Red Army lieutenant (b. 1919)
- May 13 â Aleksei Bach, biochemist and revolutionary (b. 1857)
- June 3 â Mikhail Kalinin, 1st Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (b. 1875)
- July 8 â Alexander Alexandrov, composer (b. 1883)
- July 26 â Alexander Vvedensky, Orthodox religious leader (b. 1889)
- August 1
- Andrey Vlasov, commander of the Russian Liberation Army (b. 1901)
- Sergei Bunyachenko, Red Army defector (b. 1902)
- Fyodor Truhin, major general and defector during WWII (b. 1896)
- November 4 â Semyon Bychkov, military pilot and defector during WWII (b. 1918)
- November 11 â Nikolay Burdenko, surgeon (b. 1876)
- November 18 â Vincentas BoriseviÃÂius, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Telsiai Diocese (b. 1887)
- December 6 â Maximilian Steinberg, composer of classical music (b. 1883)
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