The following lists events that happened during
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
in the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents
*
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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–
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
Births
* January 8 –
Igor Ivanov, Russian-born Canadian grandmaster (died 2005)
* October 12 –
Zukhra Valeeva, Russian master builder
Deaths
* August 9 –
Seraphima Blonskaya
See also
*
1947 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
*
List of Soviet films of 1947
References
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