1924 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1924 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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Incumbents
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin
- Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets – Mikhail Kalinin
- Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Vladimir Lenin (until 2 February), Alexei Rykov (starting 2 February)
Events
January
- 31 January – The 1924 Soviet Constitution is ratified.
May
August
- 3–4 August – Soviet raid on Stołpce
- 28 August – 5 September – August Uprising
September
- 15–18 September – Tatarbunary Uprising with Soviet involvement starts in Romania
Births
- 13 February – Ivan Mozgovenko, clarinetist and music teacher (died 2021)
- 18 February – Evald Ilyenkov, writer (died 1979)
- 29 February – Vladimir Kryuchkov, head of the KGB (died 2007)
- 19 March – Lev Kulidzhanov, film director (died 2002)
- 18 April – Pyotr Nikolayev, Olympic shooter (died 2000)
- 11 May – Eugene Dynkin, mathematician (died 2014)
- 21 May – Boris Vasilyev, writer (died 2013)
- 10 July – Vladimir Sukharev, Olympic athlete (died 1997)
- 20 July – Tatyana Lioznova, film director (died 2011)
- 4 October – Georgy Shakhnazarov, Soviet-Armenian politician (died 2001)
- 3 November – Violetta Elvin, ballerina
- 5 December – Vladimir Dolgikh, politician
- Date unknown – Nikolai Nagibin, posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union
Deaths
- 21 January – Vladimir Lenin, USSR politician (b. 1870)
- 30 June – Praskovya Uvarova, archaeologist (b. 1840)
References
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