1937 in the Soviet Union
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The following lists events that happened during 1937 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents[]
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin
- Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets – Mikhail Kalinin
- Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Vyacheslav Molotov
Events[]
- 23–30 January – Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center
- June – Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization
- 18-20 June - Valery Chkalov by the crew led by
- 12–14 July – A world-record non-stop Mikhail Gromov, from Moscow to San Jacinto, California , by the crew led by
- 12 December – Soviet Union legislative election, 1937
Films[]
- Bezhin Meadow – directed by Sergei Eisenstein
- Lullaby – directed by Dziga Vertov
- The Return of Maxim – directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg
- Without Dowry – directed by Yakov Protazanov
Births[]
7 July – Valery Anisimov, wrestler
Deaths[]
- 10 January – Martemyan Ryutin
- 30 January – Georgy Pyatakov and Nikolay Muralov
- 18 February – Grigory Ordzhonikidze
- April 13 – Ilya Ilf
- 31 May – Yan Gamarnik and Nikolai Uglanov
- night of 11/12 June – Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Ieronim Uborevich, Iona Yakir, Vitovt Putna, Vitaly Primakov and Robert Eideman
- July 13 – Mikhail Alafusov
- October 30 – Avel Enukidze
- November 26 – Leonid Veyner
- November 28 – Ernest Appoga
- Vassily Ryutin, older son of Martemyan Ryutin, executed (born 1910)
- Vissarion Ryutin, younger son of Martemyan Ryutin, executed (born 1913)
See also[]
- 1937 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
- List of Soviet films of 1937
Categories:
- 1937 in the Soviet Union
- 1930s in the Soviet Union