1948 in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1948 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

← 1947 1946 1945 1948 in the Soviet Union → 1949 1950 1951
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1948 History of the Soviet Union

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin
• Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union – Nikolay Shvernik
• Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin

Events

• Joseph Stalin sends the first advisers to China in an effort to repair the economic damage brought on by years of civil war.[1]
• At the request of Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin Sends railroad construction expert I.V. Kovalev with a team of 300 engineers and laborers to repair deteriorated or destroyed Manchurian railways.[1]
• March 10 – Extreme restrictions are placed on German traffic from the Soviet Zone into Berlin.[2]
• June 24 – The Soviets implement a total blockade of all ground and water transport into or out of Berlin. The blockade will last nearly a full year, ending May 12, 1949.[2]

Deaths

• 25 October – Boris Fomin

See also

• 1948 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
• List of Soviet films of 1948

References

1. Kaple, Deborah. "Soviet and Chinese Comrades Look Back at the Friendship Decade." Modern Chinese Studies 22.1 (2014): 45–69. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
2. Pennacchio, Charles F. "The East German Communists and the Origins of the Berlin Blockade Crisis." East European Quarterly 29.3 (1995): 293–315. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.