1944 in the Soviet Union
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The following lists events that happened during 1944 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents
Events
- January 14 – WWII: Soviet troops start the offensive at Leningrad and Novgorod.
- January 17 – WWII: Soviet Union ceases production of the Mosin–Nagant 1891/30 sniper rifle.
- January 29 – WWII: Koniuchy massacre: Soviet and Jewish partisans kill at least 38 villagers in Koniuchy, Poland (modern-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania).
- March 6 – WWII: Soviet Army planes attack Narva, Estonia, destroying almost the entire baroque old town.
- March 9 – WWII: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia, killing 757 and leaving 25,000 homeless.
- March 15 – Soviet Union introduces new anthem, replacing The Internationale.
- May 9 – WWII: In the Russian city of Sevastopol, Soviet troops completely drive out German forces.
- May 12 – WWII: Soviet troops finalize the liberation of the Crimea.
- May 18 – WWII: Deportation of the Crimean Tatars by the government of the Soviet Union.{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Brian Glyn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r7zQCwAAQBAJ |title=The Crimean Tatars: From Soviet Genocide to Putin's Conquest |date=2015-11-10 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-049472-8 |language=en}}
- June 9 – WWII: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin launches the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive against Finland, with the intent of defeating Finland before pushing for Berlin.{{cite book |last1=Nenye |first1=Vesa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zb6gCwAAQBAJ |title=Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941-45 |last2=Munter |first2=Peter |last3=Wirtanen |first3=Toni |last4=Birks |first4=Chris |publisher=Osprey Publishing |year=2016 |isbn=978-1472815262 |page=270}}
- June 22 – WWII: Operation Bagration: A general attack by Soviet forces clears the German forces from Belarus, resulting in the destruction of German Army Group Centre, possibly the greatest defeat of the Wehrmacht during WWII.
- June 25 – WWII: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala (the largest battle ever in the Nordic countries) begins between Finnish and Soviet troops. Finland is able to resist the attack and thus manages to remain an independent nation.{{cite book |last=Koskimaa |first=Matti |title=Veitsenterällä : vetäytyminen Länsi-Kannakselta ja Talin-Ihantalan suurtaistelu kesällä 1944 |publisher=WSOY |year=1993 |isbn=951-0-18811-5}}
- July 3 – WWII: Soviet troops liberate Minsk.
- July 8: The Mother Heroine award is established.
- July 10 – WWII: Soviet troops begin operations to liberate the Baltic countries.
- September 5 – WWII: The Soviet Union declares war on Bulgaria.
- September 6 – WWII: Tartu Offensive in Estonia concludes with Soviet forces capturing Tartu.
- September 19 – WWII: An armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, ending the Continuation War.
- September 22 – WWII: The Red Army captures Tallinn, Estonia.
- October 9 – WWII: Fourth Moscow Conference: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin begin a 9-day conference in Moscow to discuss the future of Europe.
- December 14 – Soviet government changes Turkish place names to Russian in the Crimea.
- December 18 – Joseph Stalin celebrates his 66th birthday.
Deaths
See also
- 1944 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
- List of Soviet films of 1944
- "1944" (song), a song performed by Jamala
References
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