1958 in the Soviet Union

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (April 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

← 1957 1956 1955 1958 in the Soviet Union → 1959 1960 1961
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1958 History of the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1958 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents[]

• First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Nikita Khrushchev
• Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union – Kliment Voroshilov
• Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union – Nikolai Bulganin (until 27 March), Nikita Khrushchev (starting 27 March)

Events[]

• 1958 Soviet nuclear tests

March[]

• 16 March – Soviet Union legislative election, 1958

May[]

• 15 May – Sputnik 3 is launched.^[1]

August[]

• 23–27 August – 1958 Grozny riots^{[citation needed]}

September[]

• 2 September – 1958 C-130 shootdown incident

Births[]

• 2 January – Vladimir Ovchinnikov, pianist
• 28 February – Natalya Estemirova, activist

Full date missing[]

• Olga Tsepilova, sociologist

See also[]

• 1958 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
• List of Soviet films of 1958

References[]

This Soviet Union–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t

This year in Asia article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t

This year in Europe article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t