1955 in the Soviet Union

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The following lists events that happened during 1955 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Events

February

27 February
- Estonian Supreme Soviet election, 1955
- Soviet Union regional elections, 1955

June

2 June - Belgrade declaration

November

15 November - Władysław Gomułka initiates talks about the Repatriation of Poles (1955–59).
22 November - The first Soviet hydrogen bomb, RDS-37, is tested.
30 November - The 1st Soviet Antarctic Expedition begins.

December

31 December - The Pospelov Commission is set up.

Births

22 March - Valdis Zatlers, President of Latvia
16 May - Olga Korbut, Belorussian Olympic gymnast
1 July - Nikolai Demidenko, pianist
7 August - Vladimir Sorokin, writer
7 September - Efim Zelmanov, mathematician
13 October - Sergei Shepelev, ice hockey player

Deaths

6 January - Yevgeny Tarle, historian (born 1874)
30 September - Michael Chekhov, actor (born 1891)

References

Years in the Soviet Union (1922–1991)

1990 1991

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1955 in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark East Germany Finland France Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Byelorussian SSR Estonian SSR Georgian SSR Kazakh SSR Latvian SSR Lithuanian SSR Moldavian SSR Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Vatican City West Germany Yugoslavia

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Cyprus Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta

1955 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Bhutan Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia Ceylon China Egypt India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan North Korea South Korea Laos Lebanon Malaya Mongolia Nepal Oman East Pakistan West Pakistan Philippines Saudi Arabia Sikkim Soviet Union Syria Thailand Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam North Yemen

States with limited recognition	Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Taiwan Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Bahrain Brunei Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colony of Aden Cyprus Kuwait

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