1947 in the Soviet Union

• 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

• January 8 – Igor Ivanov, Russian-born Canadian grandmaster (died 2005)
• February 19 – Lev Rubinstein, Russian poet and social activist (died 2024)
• February 21 – Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (died 2006)
• October 12 – Zukhra Valeeva, Russian master builder

• August 9 – Seraphima Blonskaya

• 1947 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
• List of Soviet films of 1947

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