1963 in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1963 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

← 1962 1961 1960 1963 in the Soviet Union → 1964 1965 1966
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	History of the Soviet Union List of years in the Soviet Union

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:

Leonid Brezhnev

• Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union:

Nikita Khrushchev

Events

June

• June 16 — Valentina Tereshkova, aboard Vostok 6, is the first woman in space^[1]

December

• December 18 — Ghanian students protest in Red Square during the 1963 Moscow protest

Births

• January 10 — Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater (d. 2001)
• February 4 — Sergei Pugachev, Russian businessman and politician
• February 25 — Merab Katsitadze, Georgian footballer
• April 12 — Anton Siluanov, Russian economist and current Minister of Finance
• April 13 — Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion
• April 24 — Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian punk rock musician
• May 25 — Eha Rünne, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower
• June 1 — Igor Zhelezovski, Soviet and Belarusian speed skater (d. 2021)
• June 17 — Temir Sariyev, 17th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
• June 26
  • Mikhail Khodorkovsky, exiled Russian businessman, oligarch and opposition activist
• Farukh Ruzimatov, Uzbek-Russian ballet dancer
• July 8 — Dmitry Pevtsov, Russian actor and politician
• July 12 — Aleksandr Domogarov, Soviet and Russian theater actor, TV presenter and chanson singer
• July 20 — Alexander Zhulin, Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor
• August 14 — Karen Karapetyan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia
• August 15 — Valery Levaneuski, Belarusian political and social activist
• October 6 — Vasile Tarlev, 6th Prime Minister of Moldova
• October 13 — Bakhytjan Sagintayev, 9th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
• October 20 — Iurie Leanca, 9th Prime Minister of Moldova
• October 27 — Sergey Smiryagin, Russian freestyle swimmer (d. 2020)
• December 4 — Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian former pole vaulter
• December 9 — Zurab Zhvania, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia (d. 2005)
• December 14 — Vytautas Juozapaitis, Lithuanian singer
• December 21 — Dmitry Rogozin, Russian politician, co-founder of the far-right party Rodina and Senator of the Russian Occupied Zaporozhye Oblast^[2][3]

Deaths

• January 20 — Fyodor Terentyev, cross-country skier (b. 1925)
• January 31 — Alasgar Alakbarov, actor (b. 1910)
• February 15 — Nikanor Zakhvatayev, general and army commander (b. 1898)
• February 27 — Vladimir Konashevich, graphic artist and illustrator (b. 1888)
• March 30 — Alexander Gauk, conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• May 3 — Vladimir Sviridov, military commander and lieutenant general of artillery (b. 1897)
• May 16 — Oleg Penkovsky, British spy and GRU colonel (b. 1919)^[4]
• May 23 — August Jakobson, writer and politician (b. 1904)
• May 29 — Vissarion Shebalin, composer and music pedagogue (b. 1902)
• June 18 — Boris Korolyov, sculptor (b. 1885)
• August 15 — Timofei Strokach, prominent military figure of the NKVD and KGB (b. 1903)
• August 20 — Alexander Utvenko, lieutenant general (b. 1905)
• September 9 — Archie Johnstone, Scottish journalist, hotelier and humanitarian who defected to the Soviet Union (b. 1896)
• October 18 — Andrey Kravchenko, colonel general (b. 1899)
• November 3 — Augusts Kirhenšteins, 1st Chairman of the Presidium of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (b. 1872)
• November 25 — Alexander Marinesko, naval officer (b. 1913)

See also

• 1963 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
• List of Soviet films of 1963