1963 in the Soviet Union
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The following lists events that happened during1963in theUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]June
[edit]- 16 June -Valentina Tereshkova,aboardVostok 6,is thefirst woman in space[1]
December
[edit]- 18 December -Ghanianstudents protest inRed Squareduring the1963 Moscow protest
Births
[edit]- 4 February -Sergei Pugachev,Russian businessman and politician
- 12 April -Anton Siluanov,Russian economist and currentMinister of Finance
- 13 April -Garry Kasparov,Russianchess grandmasterand formerWorld Chess Champion
- 21 December -Dmitry Rogozin,Russian politician, co-founder of the far-right partyRodina,[2]and Senator of theRussian Occupied Zaporozhye Oblast[3]
Deaths
[edit]- 30 March -Alexander Gauk,Soviet conductor and composer (b.1893)
- 16 May -Oleg Penkovsky,British Spy andGRUcolonel[4](b.1919)
References
[edit]- ^Siegel, Ethan."The First Woman In Space Turns 80, And You Probably Never Heard Of Her".Forbes.Retrieved2024-08-08.
- ^"Russia Profile - Dmitry Rogozin".2008-09-24. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-09-24.Retrieved2024-08-08.
- ^"Structure".Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.Retrieved2024-08-08.
- ^"Lt. Col. Oleg Penkovsky: Western Spy in Soviet GRU | CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov)".www.cia.gov.Retrieved2024-08-08.