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1949 In The Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1949 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents * 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 January * 25 January – The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA or COMECON) is established by the Soviet Union and other communist nations. * c. 29 January – Stalin and antisemitism: The Soviet media resume a savage propaganda campaign against "rootless cosmopolitans", a euphemism for Soviet Jews, accusing them of being pro-Western and antisocialist March * 25–28 March – Operation Priboi May * 12 May – Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts the Berlin Blockade July * 10 July – 1949 Khait earthquake August * 29 August – The atomic bomb RDS-1 is exploded in the first Soviet nuclear test September * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last One-party state, single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first Volkswagen Beetle, VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York City, New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon Sr., Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization. The UN is headquarters of the United Nations, headquartered on extraterritoriality, international territory in New York City, and has other main offices in United Nations Office at Geneva, Geneva, United Nations Office at Nairobi, Nairobi, United Nations Office at Vienna, Vienna, and Peace Palace, The Hague (home to the International Court of Justice). The UN was established after World War II with Dumbarton Oaks Conference, the aim of preventing future world wars, succeeding the League of Nations, which was characterized as ineffective. On 25 April 1945, 50 governments met in San Francisco for United Nations Conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Guskova
Elena Yuryevna Guskova (russian: Елена Юрьевна Гускова) (born on 23 September 1949 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian historian and member of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. Elena Guskova is one of the scholars who blame the Western countries not only for breakup of Yugoslavia but also for the violence which accompanied it. She is also a member of the Senate of Republika Srpska. Guskova publicly stated her opinion that the Brussels Agreement (2013) signed by the Government of Serbia in April 2013 indirectly recognizes Kosovo as independent state. Biography Jelena Jurjevna Guskova née Derjabina was born on 23 September 1949 in Moscow. In 1972, she graduated from the Faculty of History of Moscow State University at the Department of History of Southern and Western Slavs. At the same faculty, she received her master's degree in the thesis on the socio-economic development of Serbia in the middle of the 19th century. There, in 1990, she defended her d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennady Komnatov
Gennady Viktorovich Komnatov (russian: Геннадий Викторович Комнатов; 18 September 1949 – 1 April 1979) was a Russian road cyclist. He was part of the Soviet team that won a gold medal in the 100 km team time trial at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... He won three silver medals at the world championships in 1973–1975 in this event. Komnatov was the eldest sibling in a family of four brothers and one sister. Influenced by Gennady, two of his younger brothers, Vasily and Stanislav, became cycling coaches. Komnatov died aged 29 in a traffic accident. A monument in his honor stands in the village of Zhelannoye where he was born. References 1949 births 1979 deaths Olympic cyclists of the Soviet Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeri Vasiliev
Valeri Ivanovich Vasiliev (russian: Валерий Иванович Васильев; August 3, 1949 – April 19, 2012) was a Soviet and Russian ice hockey defenceman, who competed for the USSR. An eight-time Soviet all-star, Vasiliev was captain of the national team, for which he played 13 years. Born in Gorky, Soviet Union, he played for HC Dynamo Moscow. Vasiliev played on nine Soviet gold medal teams at the IIHF World Championships. He was named the tournament's best defenceman in 1973, 1977, and 1979 and was a five-time all-star. He was on the gold medal team at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics, as well as at the 1981 Canada Cup, where he captained the winning team. He also played in the 1972 Summit Series, 1976 Canada Cup, and 1980 Winter Olympics. He coined the phrase "kiss the ice" after winning in 1972 Winter Olympics. In 1978 Vasiliev was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудов ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Salnikov
Aleksandr Petrovych Salnikov ( uk, Олександр Петрович Сальников; 3 July 1949 – 17 November 2017) was a Ukrainian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P ... and the 1980 Summer Olympics. References * 1949 births 2017 deaths Soviet men's basketball players 1974 FIBA World Championship players 1978 FIBA World Championship players Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in basketball Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Ukrainian men's basketba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Baturin
Yuri Mikhailovich Baturin (russian: Юрий Михайлович Батурин; born 12 June 1949, in Moscow), is a Russian cosmonaut and former politician. Baturin graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1973, and is the former Assistant to the President on National Security and Secretaty of the Defense Council (1996-1998); he is also an author in constitutional law. Baturin was also a cosmonaut who flew on two missions. His first spaceflight, sometimes called Mir EP-4, was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TM-28 13 August 1998, and landed with Soyuz TM-27. He was a Research Cosmonaut for this mission, which lasted for 11 days 19 hours 39 minutes. His second spaceflight was ISS EP-1, which was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TM-32 on April 28, 2001, and landed with Soyuz TM-31. This mission was notable as carrying to first paying space tourist Dennis Tito Dennis Anthony Tito (born August 8, 1940) is an American engineer and entrepreneur. In mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Palazhchenko
Pavel Palazhchenko ''or'' Palazchenko (russian: Па́вел Русла́нович Пала́жченко, born 17 March 1949) is a former high-level Soviet conference interpreter who was the chief English interpreter for Mikhail Gorbachev and Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze from 1985 and 1991.Palazhchenko, Pavel (1997) ''My Years with Gorbachev and Shevardnadze: The Memoir of a Soviet Interpreter'', Penn State University Press, 1997, Biography Personal Palazhchenko was born on 17 March 1949 in Monino, Moscow Oblast, Russia. He graduated from the Maurice Thorez Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages (Moscow State Linguistic University) in 1972. Interpreter As one of the leading interpreters of his time, Palazhchenko participated in all US-Soviet summit talks leading to the end of the Cold War. He is the author of a personal and political memoir, ''My Years with Gorbachev and Shevardnadze: The Memoir of a Soviet Interpreter''. Writer Palazhchenko also wrote the ''Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Ulyanich
Viktor Ulyanich (February 26, 1949 – November 27, 2014) was a Soviet boxer who was European champion in 1973, finalist of the European Championship in 1975, championship finalist of the USSR in 1979 and winner of the USSR championships (1974, 1975) in the weight category over 81 kg, He was a Honored Master of Sports of Russia and USSR, head coach of the Russian Armed Forces, among his students were champions of the country and Europe, Honored Master of Sports Viktor Rybakov Viktor Grigorievich Rybakov (russian: Виктор Григорьевич Рыбаков) (born May 28, 1956 in Magadan) is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR twice at the Summer Olympics during his career as an Olympian. He ..., Ulyanich, Eduard Dubovskii, Aleksandr Lukach and others. Ulyanich died on November 27, 2014. References External linksBoxing - 1973 European Men's Boxing Championships - Results Men * ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLe_vm_fK3g Виктор Ульян ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Klimenko (gymnast)
Viktor Yakovlevich Klimenko (russian: Виктор Яковлевич Клименко, born 25 February 1949) is a retired Russian gymnast. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a team silver medal on each occasion. Individually he earned a bronze medal in parallel bars in 1968, as well as a gold medal in pommel horse and a silver medal in vault in 1972. At the world championships Klimenko collected four medals in 1970–1974. His wife Larisa Petrik Larisa Leonidovna Petrik (russian: Лариса Леонидовна Петрик; born 28 August 1949) is a former Soviet gymnast and Olympic champion. Petrik competed at the 1966 World Championships where she shared in the team silver medal (go ... is also a former Olympic gymnast. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Lovchev
Evgeny Serafimovich Lovchev (russian: Евгений Серафимович Ловчев; born 29 January 1949) is a Russian sports journalist, a former footballer, football and futsal manager. Honours * Soviet Top League winner: 1969. * Soviet Top League runner-up: 1974. * Soviet Top League bronze: 1970. * Soviet Cup winner: 1971. * Top 33 players year-end list: 7 times. * Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1972. Career He was capped 52 times for USSR, playing the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1970, he became the first player to be booked on a World Cup match, in the opening game of the tournament against Mexico. Personal His son Evgeniy Lovchev played football professionally, including Kazakhstan national football team The Kazakhstan national football team ( kk, Қазақстан Ұлттық футбол құрамасы, ''Qazaqstan Ūlttyq Futbol qūramasy'') represents Kazakhstan in men's international football and it is governed by the Kazakhst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khabarovsk War Crime Trials
The Khabarovsk war crimes trials were the Soviet hearings of twelve Japanese Kwantung Army officers and medical staff charged with the manufacture and use of biological weapons, and human experimentation, during World War II. The war crimes trials were held between 25 and 31 December 1949 in the Soviet industrial city of Khabarovsk (Хабаровск), the largest in the Russian Far East. All twelve defendants pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to twenty-five years, to be served in Siberian labour camps. In 1956, those still serving their sentences were released and repatriated to Japan. History During the trials, the accused, including Major General Kiyoshi Kawashima, testified that as early as 1941, some 40 members of Unit 731 air-dropped plague-contaminated fleas on Changde, China, causing epidemic plague outbreaks. Judges found all twelve accused war criminals guilty, sentencing them to terms ranging from two to twenty-five years in labo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
