1963 in the Soviet Union

← 1962 1961 1960 1963 in the Soviet Union → 1964 1965 1966
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	History of the Soviet Union List of years in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1963 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents

• First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union:

Nikita Khrushchev

• Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union:

Leonid Brezhnev

• Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union:

Nikita Khrushchev

Events

June

• 16 June - Valentina Tereshkova, aboard Vostok 6, is the first woman in space^[1]

December

• 18 December - Ghanian students protest in Red Square during the 1963 Moscow protest

Births

• 4 February - Sergei Pugachev, Russian businessman and politician
• 12 April - Anton Siluanov, Russian economist and current Minister of Finance
• 13 April - Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion
• 21 December - Dmitry Rogozin, Russian politician, co-founder of the far-right party Rodina,^[2] and Senator of the Russian Occupied Zaporozhye Oblast^[3]

Deaths

• 30 March - Alexander Gauk, Soviet conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• 16 May - Oleg Penkovsky, British Spy and GRU colonel^[4] (b. 1919)

See also

• 1963 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
• List of Soviet films of 1963

References

1. Siegel, Ethan. "The First Woman In Space Turns 80, And You Probably Never Heard Of Her". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
2. "Russia Profile - Dmitry Rogozin". 2008-09-24. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
3. "Structure". Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
4. "Lt. Col. Oleg Penkovsky: Western Spy in Soviet GRU | CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov)". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-08.