1957 in the Soviet Union

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The following lists events that happened during 1957 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

Events

1957 Soviet nuclear tests
Doctor Zhivago (novel) is published in Italy by Boris Pasternak after being rejected by Soviet censors.

=May=

May – The Anti-Party Group attempts to overthrow Nikita Khrushchev.

=July=

28 July – The 6th World Festival of Youth and Students is opened.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

=September=

26 September – Soviet submarine M-256 sinks after one of its diesel engines explodes.
29 September – Kyshtym disaster

=October=

4 October – Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, is launched.

=November=

November – The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition arrives in Antarctica.
7 November – The dog Laika becomes the first animal to orbit the Earth when Sputnik 2 is launched.

Births

16 January – Andris Skele, Prime Minister of Latvia (1995-1997, 1999-2000)
27 February – Viktor Markin, athlete
14 April – Mikhail Pletnev, pianist
10 June – Gediminas Vagnorius, Prime Minister of Lithuania (1991-1992,1996-1999)
29 June – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan (2006-2022)
24 July – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan
4 October – Aleksandr Tkachyov, gymnast
16 October – Guntars Krasts, Prime Minister of Latvia (1997-1998)
28 October – Panah Huseyn, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan (1993)
3 December – Maxim Korobov, politician
8 December – Mikhail Kasyanov, Prime Minister of Russia (2000-2004)
28 December – Dumitru Braghis, Prime Minister of Moldova (1999-2001)

Deaths

6 January – Amvrosy Buchma, actor (born 1891)
20 February – Vyacheslav Malyshev, statesman (born 1902)
1 March – Sergey Zhuk, hydraulic engineer (born 1892)
9 March – Vasily Larin, general (born 1908)
15 April – Yevgeny Tuchkov, state security officer (born 1892)
9 July – Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composer (born 1877)
15 July – Vasily Maklakov, politician (born 1869)
9 November – Grigory Arutinov, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia (born 1900)

See also

References

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