1949 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1949 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 January 25 January – The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA or COMECON) is established by the Soviet Union and other communist nations. c. 29 January – Stalin and antisemitism: The Soviet media resume a savage propaganda campaign against "rootless cosmopolitans", a euphemism for Soviet Jews, accusing them of being pro-Western and antisocialist March 25–28 March – Operation Priboi May 12 May – Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts the Berlin Blockade July 10 July – 1949 Khait earthquake August 29 August – The atomic bomb RDS-1 is exploded in the first Soviet nuclear test September 13 September – The Soviet Union vetoes United Nations membership for Ceylon, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Jordan and Portugal October 2 October – The Soviet Union recognizes the People's Republic of China, proclaimed on the previous day November 7 November – Oil is discovered beneath the Caspian Sea, off the coast of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic December 25–31 December – Khabarovsk War Crime Trials Births 29 January – Evgeny Lovchev, footballer 25 February – Viktor Klimenko, Olympic gymnast 26 February – Viktor Ulyanich, boxer 17 March – Pavel Palazhchenko, interpreter 12 June – Yuri Baturin, cosmonaut 3 July – Aleksandr Salnikov, basketball player 3 August – Valeri Vasiliev, hockey player 18 September – Gennady Komnatov, cyclist 23 September – Elena Guskova, historian 2 October – Alexander Aksinin, painter 28 October – Volodymyr Onyshchenko, footballer 21 November Elena Mikhailovskaya, female draughts player Anatoliy Kuksov, footballer 23 November – Viktor Poganovsky, Olympic equestrian See also 1949 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1949 References 1940s in the Soviet Union Years in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union