Soviet Academy of Sciences
Appointed Member of Soviet Academy of Sciences
Permanent historical records · Updated 2026-11-03
1953 in Russia — Page 2
Explore 72 historical events and records for Russia in 1953.
Historical records for Russia in 1953
Sorted by month and day. Records with no month are shown last. Showing 32 of 72 unique records.
72Unique records
2 of 2Page
26Named events on this page
24Named people on this page
5Places on this page
August
Soviet Thermonuclear Device
The achievement marks soviet thermonuclear device as an important Russian scientific milestone.
September
First Secretary
Appointed First Secretary of the CPSU
First Secretary of CPSU
Is elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Marriage
Marries Raisa Titorenko, a philosophy student at Moscow University
Marriage
Marries Mikhail Gorbachev, then a student at Moscow University
December
Death of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria
Executed for attempting to succeed Stalin. Death of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria
Execution
Executed for being an agent. Executed for attempting to succeed Stalin
Execution
Has Beria executed
Execution of Lavrenti Beria
Beria is executed after being removed from power and tried by the Soviet leadership.
Other events (month unknown)
Admiral
Appointed Admiral
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Belorussian Council of Minister's
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, Head of State
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander of the Soviet forces in Hungary
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief in East Germany
Commander of Kiev Military District
Appointed Commander of the Kiev Military District
Commissar
Appointed Commissar for Foreign Affairs, 2nd term, after the death of Stalin
Deputy Minister
Appointed First Deputy Minister of Defence
Dyatlov Moscow Engineering Physics Institute Entry
Begins studies at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in preparation for specialist work in nuclear engineering and reactor systems.
Exile of Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn begins a sentence of internal exile for life at Kok-Terek in southern Kazakhstan
Exile of Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov
Returns from exile after Stalins death
First Secretary
Appointed First Secretary of the Leningrad obkom
Head of State
Appointed Head of State for Russia
Minister of Industry
Appointed Minister for Industry, after the death of Stalin
Pasternak Literary Meeting
After returning to Moscow, Shalamov met Boris Pasternak, with whom he had established a correspondence.
Plot
Claims that the doctors confessions had been elicited by torture & were false
Politburo
Appointed Member of Politburo, Candidate Member
President of Russia
Appointed President of Russia
President of Russia
Appointed President of Russia
Second Foundation
Publication of "Second Foundation"
Second Secretary
Appointed 2nd Secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukraine
Trial
Presides over a tribunal which sentences Lavrenti Beria to death
How these records were prepared
Generated from the World History Database historical_events table. Identical display records are collapsed; descriptions otherwise retain the stored text. Coverage and source quality vary. Check primary and specialist sources before citing individual historical claims.