1955 in the Soviet Union

← 1954 1953 1952 1955 in the Soviet Union → 1956 1957 1958
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1955 Timeline of Soviet history

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