1950 in the Soviet Union

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List of events

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* 1948
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the Soviet Union |

* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
*   *

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Decades:|

* 1930s
* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960s
* 1970s

See also:|

* History of the Soviet Union
* List of years in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1950 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

## Incumbents[edit]

* General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin
* Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union – Nikolay Shvernik
* Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin

## Events[edit]

### January[edit]

* 5 January – 1950 Sverdlovsk air disaster

### February[edit]

* 14 February – The Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance is concluded.

### March[edit]

* 12 March – Soviet Union legislative election, 1950

### April[edit]

* 2 April – Drifting ice station North Pole-2 is established.

### June[edit]

* 28 June – 4 July – The Pavlovian session is held.

### August[edit]

* 13 August – The steamer Mayakovsky sinks in Riga, killing 147 people in the deadliest peacetime Soviet shipping disaster.

## Births[edit]

* 12 May – Viktor Ivanov, director of the Federal Narcotics Control Service
* 11 August – Gennadiy Nikonov, weapons designer
* 1 September – Mikhail Fradkov, politician
* 11 December – Alexander Tatarsky, film director

## Deaths[edit]

* 8 April – Vaslav Nijinsky, ballet dancer (born 1889)
* 1 October
* – Nikolai Voznesensky, Chairman of the State Planning Committee of the Soviet Union (born 1903)
* – Alexey Kuznetsov, Senior Secretary of Cadres of the CPSU (born 1905)
* – Mikhail Rodionov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR (born 1907)

## See also[edit]

* 1950 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
* List of Soviet films of 1950

## References[edit]

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Years in Russia

* Pre-1701

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1950 in Europe

Sovereign states|

* Albania
* Andorra
*   *   * Austria
*   *   *   *   *   *   * Belgium
*   *   * Bulgaria
*   *   *   *   * Czechoslovakia
*   * Denmark
*   * East Germany
*   *   * Finland
* France
*   *   *   * Greece
*   *   * Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
*   *   *   * Liechtenstein
*   * Luxembourg
*   *   *   *   * Monaco
*   *   *   *   * Netherlands
*   * Norway
*   *   * Poland
* Portugal
*   * Romania
*   * San Marino
*   *   *   *   *   * Soviet Union
* Armenian SSR
* Azerbaijan SSR
* Byelorussian SSR
* Estonian SSR
* Georgian SSR
* Kazakh SSR
* Latvian SSR
* Lithuanian SSR
* Moldavian SSR
* Russian SFSR
* Ukrainian SSR
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
*   * United Kingdom
*   * Vatican City
*   * West Germany
*   * Yugoslavia

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

* Åland
* Cyprus
* Faroe Islands
* Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey
* Malta

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1950 in Asia

Sovereign states|

* Afghanistan
*   *   *   *   * Bhutan
*   * Burma (Myanmar)
*   *   * Ceylon
* China
*   *   * Egypt
*   * India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
*   *   * North Korea
* South Korea
*   *   * Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaya
*   *   * Mongolia
*   * Nepal
* Oman
*   *   * East Pakistan
* West Pakistan
*   * Philippines
*   *   * Saudi Arabia
*   * Sikkim
*   * Soviet Union
*   * Syria
*   * Thailand
*   * Turkey
*   *   *   *   * North Vietnam
*   *   * North Yemen

States with limited
recognition

*   * Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
* Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
* Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
*   *   *   *   *   * Taiwan
* Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
* Tibet
* Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
* Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

* Bahrain
*   *   *   * Brunei
*   *   * Colony of Aden
* Cyprus
*   * French India
* French Indochina
*   * Kuwait
*   *   *   *   *

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