1946 in the Soviet Union

← 1945 1944 1943 1946 in the Soviet Union → 1947 1948 1949
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	History of the Soviet Union List of years in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1946 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 – Mikhail Kalinin (until 19 March), Nikolay Shvernik (starting 19 March)
• Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin

Events

February

February 10 – Legislation Elections are held for the first time in nearly a decade.

December

December 15 – the Iran crisis of 1946 ends with the Dissolution of the Azerbaijan People's Government and the Republic of Mahabad following the withdraw of the last remaining Soviet troops from Iran

Births

• 22 February – Nagima Aitkhozhina, Kazakh biologist.^[1]

• 23 March – Lyudmila Byakova, Russian seamstress.^[2]

See also

• 1946 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
• List of Soviet films of 1946

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