1948 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1948 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 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. 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. March 10 – Extreme restrictions are placed on German traffic from the Soviet Zone into Berlin. 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. Births 16 July - Mariia Stefiuk Deaths 11 February – Sergei Eisenstein, film director (born 1898) 31 August – Andrei Zhdanov, Second Secretary of the CPSU (born 1896) 25 October – Boris Fomin, musician (born 1900) See also 1948 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1948 References 1940s in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union