1933 in Russia

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Events from the year 1933 in Russia

Incumbents

• Joseph Stalin
• People's commissar for military and naval affairs- Kliment Voroshilov
• People's commissar for heavy industry- Sergo Ordzhonikidze
• People's Commissar for Ways of Communication- Andrey Andreyev
• First Secretary of Moscow urban committee of ACP(b) - Lazar Kaganovich

Events

• In 1933, Joseph Stalin added Article 121 to the entire Soviet Union criminal code, which made male homosexuality a crime punishable by up to five years in prison with hard labor. The law remained intact until after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and was repealed in 1993.[1]

Deaths

References

1. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Refworld – Russia: Update to RUS13194 of 16 February 1993 on the treatment of homosexuals". Refworld. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
   - "Anne Buetikofer – Homosexuality in the Soviet Union and in today's Russia". Savanne.ch. 11 April 1999. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.