Cuban Missile Crisis
Dobrynin received an urgent warning that the United States would soon act if the Cuban missiles remained.
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Explore 84 historical events and records for Russia in 1962.
Historical records for Russia in 1962
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October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Feklisov continued informal contact with Scali as Washington and Moscow searched for a formula that could end the crisis.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev publicly added removal of American Jupiter missiles from Turkey to the terms he sought for resolving the crisis.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Pliyev's command faced intense pressure as American reconnaissance continued and a Soviet surface-to-air unit shot down Anderson's U-2.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Savitsky considered using a nuclear torpedo after United States forces used signalling depth charges near submarine B-59.
Cuban Crisis Resolution Broadcast
Publicly accepts a settlement based on Soviet missile withdrawal and an American pledge not to invade Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Biryuzov's missile forces received orders to dismantle the Cuban launch sites and prepare the strategic missiles for return shipment.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Dobrynin reported American reactions to Moscow as the Soviet government announced acceptance of the missile-withdrawal settlement.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Gromyko participated in implementing the diplomatic settlement after Khrushchev agreed to withdraw the offensive missiles.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev agrees to remove the Soviet missiles from Cuba. Khruschev removes the missiles but on the understanding the USA does not invade Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev ordered the offensive missiles dismantled and returned to the Soviet Union under the emerging settlement.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Malinovsky transmitted orders connected with dismantling and returning the offensive missile systems after the political settlement.
Order to Dismantle Cuban Missiles
Orders Soviet offensive missiles in Cuba dismantled and returned to the Soviet Union.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev defended the settlement to Soviet leaders while implementation shifted toward dismantling, shipment, and verification.
Checkpoint Charlie Tank Withdrawal
American and Soviet tanks withdraw from their confrontation at Checkpoint Charlie, easing the immediate Berlin crisis.
November
Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev continued correspondence with Kennedy about verification and the remaining questions surrounding Soviet military equipment in Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Mikoyan arrived in Cuba to explain the Soviet-American settlement and negotiate its implementation with Fidel Castro.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Mikoyan defended Moscow's decision to remove the strategic missiles despite Castro's anger over being excluded from the final agreement.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Mikoyan continued difficult negotiations with Cuban leaders over inspections, tactical weapons, and Soviet military equipment remaining on the island.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev resisted American demands over Soviet IL-28 bombers while negotiations continued after the ballistic missiles were dismantled.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Mikoyan pressed for acceptance of Soviet decisions concerning withdrawal of weapons while seeking to preserve the alliance with Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev accepted removal of the IL-28 bombers, clearing the principal remaining obstacle to ending the American quarantine.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Mikoyan's negotiations helped manage the final stages of Soviet withdrawal as the United States prepared to end the quarantine.
Comecon
Calls for "a common single planning organ", resisted by Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland, but most emphatically by increasingly nationalistic Romania, which strongly rejected the notion that they should specialize in agriculture
Comecon Common Planning Proposal
Calls for stronger supranational economic planning within Comecon, meeting resistance from several member states.
Economy of Russia
Calls for "a common single planning organ", resisted by Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland, but most emphatically by increasingly nationalistic Romania, which strongly rejected the notion that they should specialize in agriculture
Party Reorganization by Industry and Agriculture
Divides regional party organizations into separate industrial and agricultural structures in a controversial administrative reform.
Withdrawal of IL-28 Bombers from Cuba
Agrees to remove Soviet IL-28 bombers from Cuba as implementation of the missile-crisis settlement continues.
December
Condensed Matter Theory
The achievement marks condensed matter theory as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Nobel Prize in Physics
Receives the Nobel Prize for pioneering theories of condensed matter.
Other events (month unknown)
Chile World Cup Quarter-Final Appearance
Yashin represents the Soviet Union in the 1962 World Cup quarter-final against Chile, where the hosts win a tightly contested match 2-1.
Comecon
Calls for "a common single planning organ", resisted by Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland, but most emphatically by increasingly nationalistic Romania, which strongly rejected the notion that they should specialize in agriculture. Mongolia joins the Comecon
Commander of Rocket Forces
Appointed Commander of the rocket forces
Crisis
The US & Russia withdraw their tanks from the Berlin Wall
Four Goals at Chile World Cup
Ivanov scores four goals during the Soviet Union's World Cup campaign in Chile, sharing the tournament's top-scoring total with several other players.
International Agreement at Moscow
Raul Castro agrees for missiles to be based in Cuba
Laser Interferometer Proposal
Gertsenshtein and Vladislav Pustovoit outline the use of laser interferometry to detect tiny gravitational-wave changes in the separation of freely suspended test masses.
Marshal
Appointedarshal
Mongolia joins the Comecon
Mongolia joins the Comecon. Forcred by Kennedy to remove missiles from Cuba
Novy Mir Reviewing
Shalamov began working as a freelance literary reviewer for the journal Novy Mir.
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