1958 in the Soviet Union
# 1958 in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1958 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

## Incumbents

* First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Nikita Khrushchev
* Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union – Kliment Voroshilov
* Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union – Nikolai Bulganin (until 27 March), Nikita Khrushchev (starting 27 March)

## Events

* 1958 Soviet nuclear tests

### March

* 16 March – Soviet Union legislative election, 1958

### May

* 15 May – Sputnik 3 is launched.

### August

* 23–27 August – 1958 Grozny riots

### September

* 2 September – 1958 C-130 shootdown incident

## Births

* 2 January – Vladimir Ovchinnikov, pianist
* 28 February – Natalya Estemirova, activist (died 2009)
* 22 June – Serhiy Kot, Ukrainian historian (died 2022)
* 21 October – Andre Geim, physicist

### Full date missing

* Olga Tsepilova, sociologist

## Deaths

* 10 February – Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete (born 1899)
