1971 in the Soviet Union

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

← 1970 1969 1968 1971 in the Soviet Union → 1972 1973 1974
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1971 History of the Soviet Union

Incumbents

• General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Leonid Brezhnev[1]
• Premier of the Soviet Union: Nikolai Bulganin
• Chairman of the Russian SFSR: 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 28 - Vasily Butusov, footballer (born 1892)

References

1. 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.
2. "1971 in the Soviet Union". warheroes.ru (in Russian).

See also

• 1971 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
• List of Soviet films of 1971