1941 in Russia
Years in Russia: | 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 |
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
Decades: | 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
Years: | 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 |
Events from the year 1941 in Russia
Incumbents
Events
- April – The Valley of Geysers on the Kamchatka Peninsula is discovered by Tatyana Ustinova.
- June 22– Operation Barbarossa, German troops invade the Soviet Union along a broad front
- September 12 – World War II: The first snowfalls of the winter of 1941–1942 is reported on the Russian front.
- September 29 – World War II: The Moscow Conference; U.S. representative Averell Harriman and British representative Lord Beaverbrook meet with Soviet foreign minister Molotov to arrange assistance for Russia.
- September 29–September 30 – The Holocaust: Babi Yar massacre – German troops assisted by Ukrainian police and local collaborators kill 33,771 Jews.
- October 16 – World War II: The Soviet government moves to Kuibyshev but Stalin remains in the capital of Moscow.
Births
- August 16 - Andrei Mironov, actor
- May 25 - Oleg Dahl, actor
- June 1 - Alexander Zakharov, physicist and astronomer,
- June 10 - Aida Vedishcheva, singer
- June 20 - Albert Shesternyov, soccer player and coach (d. 1994)
Deaths
References
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