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1952 in Russia

Explore 31 historical events and records for Russia in 1952.

Historical records for Russia in 1952

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March

International Conference at Moscow

Stalin, Joseph ยท Moscow ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

Russia proposes a 4 power conference on the unification & rearmament of Germany

Unification

Stalin, Joseph ยท Moscow ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

Russia proposes a 4 power conference on the unification & rearmament of Germany

Chief of State Security

Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich ยท Moscow ยท Chief of State Security ยท Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Chief of State Security

Diplomatic Proposal

Stalin, Joseph ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Warfare / Korean War

Stalins proposals for German unification are rejected by the west

Unification

Stalin, Joseph ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Warfare / Korean War

Stalins proposals for German unification are rejected by the west

September

Education

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich ยท Moscow ยท Member of Communist Party Soviet Union ยท Government / Government of Russia

Enters the Law Faculty of Moscow State University

October

Birth of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich ยท Leningrad ยท Politics / KGB (Committee for State Security)

Birth of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Congress of Communist Party, 19th

Stalin, Joseph ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

19th Party Congress of the Communist Party

Nineteenth Party Congress

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich ยท Moscow ยท CPSU Secretary ยท Government / Government of Russia

Attends the Nineteenth Party Congress and remains among the senior figures of the enlarged party Presidium.

Nineteenth Party Congress Promotion

Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich ยท Moscow ยท CPSU Secretary ยท Government / Communist Party Government

Advances into the senior Soviet party leadership after the Nineteenth Communist Party Congress.

December

Peace Treaty

Stalin, Joseph ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

Russia declares the peace Treaty with Japan invalid

Soviet Criticism

Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich ยท New York ยท Russian Government ยท Politics / Anti-Bolshevik Movement

Kerensky develops his views through soviet criticism after 1917.

Other events (month unknown)

Central Committee

Chuikov, Vassili ยท Member of Central Committee ยท Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Candidate Member of Central Committee of the Communist Party

Central Committee

Ustinov, Dmitry Fedorovich ยท Moscow ยท Member of Central Committee ยท Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Member of Central Committee

Communist Party

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich ยท Moscow ยท Member of Communist Party Soviet Union ยท Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Member of Communist Party

CPSU

Stalin, Joseph ยท Moscow ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

The Russian Communist Party is renamed the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

CPSU Central Committee Membership

Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich ยท Member of Central Committee ยท Government / Government of Russia

Is elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

CPSU Central Committee Secretary

Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich ยท Secretary of Central Committee ยท Government / Government of Russia

Is elected a Secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee.

Death of Konstantin Kirkovich Abramov

Abramov, Konstantin Kirkovich ยท Warfare / Military

Death of Konstantin Kirkovich Abramov

Democratic Russia Appeal

Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich ยท United States ยท Exile Politician ยท Politics / Cold War

Appeals for a future democratic Russia after Soviet rule.

Deputy Chairman

Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich ยท Moscow ยท Deputy Chairman ยท Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Deputy Chair of the Council of Minister's

Education

Akhromeev, Sergei Fedorovich ยท Warfare / Military

Graduates from the Military Academy of Tank Troops

Execution

Stalin, Joseph ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

10 prominent Jews are found guilty of "Jewish nationalism" & shot

Foundation and Empire

Asimov, Isaac ยท Arts / Literature

Publication of "Foundation & Empire"

KGB (Committee for State Security)

Stalin, Joseph ยท Moscow ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Politics / KGB (Committee for State Security)

The Soviet Committee of State Security, KGB, is formed

Literary Work in Labor Camp

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander ยท Arts / Literature

Solzhenitsyn's camp observations furnished the historical basis for his future prose.

Presidium

Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich ยท Moscow ยท Member of Presidium ยท Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Member of Presidium of the Central Committee

Presidium

Kosygin, Aleksei Nikolaevich ยท Moscow ยท Member of Presidium ยท Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Member of Presidium of the Central Committee

Presidium

Stalin, Joseph ยท Moscow ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

The Politburo is renamed the Presidium, it is the inner council & supreme body

Symphony No 7

Prokofiev, Sergei ยท Arts / Classical Music

Composes, "War & Peace". Composes, "Symphony No 7"

War and Peace

Prokofiev, Sergei ยท Arts / Classical Music

Composes, "War & Peace". Composes, "Symphony No 7"

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