1971 in the Soviet Union

Decades:	1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s;
See also:	Other events of 1971; History of the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1971 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents[]

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Leonid Brezhnev^[1]
Premier of the Soviet Union: Nikolai Bulganin
: Mikhail Yasnov

Events[]

Births[]

February 27 - Zaal Udumashvili, Georgian politician

Deaths[]

January 10 - Nadezhda Peshkova, artist (born 1901)
June 18 - Vladimir Biryukov, lexicographer (born 1888)
July 22 - Roman Mashkov, military intelligence officer (born 1922)^[2]
September 11 - Nikita Khrushchev, former First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (born 1894)
September 28 - Vasily Butusov, footballer (born 1892)

References[]

^ Chubarov, Alexander (2003). Russia's Bitter Path to Modernity: A History of the Soviet and post-Soviet Eras. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 60. ISBN 978-0826413505.
^ "1971 in the Soviet Union". warheroes.ru (in Russian).

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1971 in the Soviet Union

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Incumbents[]

Events[]

Births[]

Deaths[]

References[]

See also[]