1990_in_the_Soviet_Union Knowpia

Decades:	1970s; 1980s; 1990s; ; ;
See also:	History of the Soviet Union; List of years in the Soviet Union;

The following lists events that happened during 1990 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents edit

President of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet – Mikhail Gorbachev (until 15 March), Anatoly Lukyanov (after 15 March)
Vice President of the Soviet Union – Gennady Yanayev
Premier of the Soviet Union – Nikolai Ryzhkov

Events edit

January edit

January 12 – Baku pogrom^[1]
January 19–20 – Black January^[2]

August edit

August 10 – Tbilisi–Agdam bus bombing
August 30 – The 500 Days program is established

October edit

October 11 – Declaration of State Sovereignty of Bashkortostan
October 17 – VTB Bank was founded.^{[citation needed]}
October 24 – Soviet nuclear tests
October 27 – Askar Akayev is elected as the 1st President of Kyrgyzstan^[5]
October 27 – The first episode of Pole Chudes is presented

November edit

November 7 – The Last Parade of The October Revolution takes on Moscow's Red Square on 73th Anniversary of the Bolsheviks Seizure of Power^[6]

Births edit

September 19 — Evgeny Novikov, Russian rally driver

Deaths edit

January edit

2 January — Leonhard Merzin, Soviet actor
4 January — Boris Nikolsky, Soviet chemist
5 January — Genrikh Sidorenkov, Soviet ice hockey player
6 January — Pavel Cherenkov, Soviet physicist and Nobel Prize recipient (1958)
19 January
- Alexander Pechersky, Soviet soldier and humanitarian
- Movses Gorgisyan, Soviet Armenian independence activist and soldier
- Maharram Seyidov, Soviet Azerbaijani soldier
26 January — Dodo Abashidze, Soviet actor and film director

February edit

2 February — Paul Ariste, Soviet linguist
16 February — Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1972-1989)
22 February — Evald Seepere, Soviet Estonian boxer
23 February — David Samoylov, Russian poet

March edit

4 March
- Konstantin Kokkinaki, Soviet fighter and test pilot
- Vasily Margelov, Soviet general
7 March — Shenork I Kaloustian of Constantinople, Soviet Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople (since 1963)
9 March — George Costakis, Soviet collector of Russian art
14 March — Yuri Sokolov, Soviet Olympic judoka (1988) and criminal
15 March — Mykola Makhynia, Soviet and Ukrainian football player and coach
20 March — Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer
30 March — Vladimir Stolnikov, Soviet boxer

April edit

4 April
- Leonid Dushkin, Soviet rocket scientist.
- Mark Fradkin, Soviet composer
5 April — Lev Skvirsky, Soviet general
6 April — Yevgeny Savitsky, Soviet fighter ace during World War II
19 April — Sergey Filippov, Soviet and Russian actor and comedian
24 April
- Endel Pärn, Soviet actor and singer
- Vladimir Saprykin, Soviet Red Army officer and war hero
27 April — Vladimir Kanygin, Soviet middleweight weightlifter
30 April
- Vasili Yermasov, Soviet football player.
- Mark Zborowski, Soviet anthropologist and spy

May edit

3 May — Pimen I of Moscow, Soviet patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (since 1970)
11 May — Venedikt Yerofeyev, Soviet writer and dissident
12 May — Andrei Kirilenko, Soviet statesman and politician
15 May
- Porfiry Krylov, Soviet painter and graphic artist
- Anna Schchian, Soviet botanist
24 May — Julijans Vaivods, Soviet Roman Catholic cardinal
26 May — Varlen Pen, Soviet painter
28 May — Inna Gulaya, Soviet actress

June edit

1 June — Natalia Tkachenko, Soviet painter
4 June — Yulian Bromley, Soviet anthropologist
5 June — Vasili Kuznetsov, Soviet politician, acting chairman (1982–1983, 1984, 1985)
6 June
- Sobir Kamolov, Soviet politician
- Fyodor Remezov, Soviet general
11 June — Irakly Andronikov, Soviet and Russian literature historian and media personality
14 June — Ralf Liivar, Soviet football player
17 June — Aleksandrs Leimanis, Soviet film director
19 June — Aleksandr Goncharov, Soviet field hockey player and Olympian
22 June
- Marat Podoksin, Soviet painter
- Ilya Frank, Soviet nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize recipient (1958)
25 June — Yevgeniya Sechenova, Soviet Olympic runner (1952)
28 June — Borys Ivchenko, Ukrainian actor and film director

July edit

1 July – Ivan Serov, Head of the KGB (1954–1958)
4 July — Pavel Utkin, Soviet painter
10 July – Sergei Rudenko, Soviet general
12 July – Savkuz Dzarasov, Soviet wrestler and Olympic medalist
15 July
- Oleg Kagan, Soviet violinist
- Enn Roos, Soviet sculptor
16 July
- Mikhail Matusovsky, Soviet poet
- Valentin Pikul, Soviet novelist
17 July – Lidiya Ginzburg, Soviet literary critic
19 July
- Georgi Burkov, Soviet actor
- Gusman Kosanov, Soviet Olympic sprinter (1960, 1964)
20 July – Sergei Parajanov, Soviet filmmaker
22 July – Eduard Streltsov, Soviet footballer

August edit

2 August — Vladilen Nikiforov, Soviet painter
6 August — Baqi Urmançe, Tatar-Soviet painter, sculptor, and graphic artist
15 August - Viktor Tsoi, Soviet singer and songwriter
22 August – Boris Shcherbina, Soviet politician
24 August – Sergei Dovlatov, Soviet writer
29 August – Solomon Mikhlin, Soviet mathematician
30 August — Timofey Ksenofontov, Soviet painter
31 August – Sergey Volkov, Soviet figure skater and Olympian

September edit

1 September – Afanasy Beloborodov, Soviet general
3 September
- Slava Amiragov, Soviet Olympic rower (1952, 1956)
- Eugene Martynov, Soviet singer
8 September – Boris Tenin, Soviet actor
9 September
- Alexander Men, Soviet theologian
- Anatoly Sofronov, Soviet writer
- Rimantas Stankevičius, Soviet cosmonaut and pilot
14 September – Leonid Ivanov, Soviet footballer
15 September – Valentin Filatyev, Soviet cosmonaut
16 September – Semyon Kurkotkin, Soviet general
21 September – Alexander Konstantinopolsky, Soviet chess player
27 September – Matvey Blanter, Soviet composer "Katyusha"

October edit

4 October – Sergey Lapin, Soviet diplomat
9 October – Boris Paichadze, Soviet footballer
14 October – Irina Odoyevtseva, Soviet poet, novelist and memoirist
15 October – Boris Piotrovsky, Soviet archaeologist
18 October – Pyotr Fedoseyev, Soviet philosopher
22 October – Nikolay Rybnikov, Soviet and Russian film actor
24 October — Boris Maluev, Soviet painter and graphic artist
25 October – Zara Mints, Soviet literary scientist
28 October
- Aleksandra Chudina, Soviet athlete
- Kolau Nadiradze, Soviet poet
29 October – Aleksei Alelyukhin, Soviet flying ace during World War II

November edit

3 November – Nikolai Rakov, Soviet violinist
5 November – Suleiman Yudakov, Soviet and Tajikistani musician
7 November — Stepan Privedentsev, Soviet painter
14 November – Leonid Trauberg, Soviet and Ukrainian film director and screenwriter
16 November – Dmitri Skobeltsyn, Soviet physicist
19 November – Georgy Flyorov, Soviet nuclear physicist, namesake of flerovium
25 November – Merab Mamardashvili, Soviet philosopher

December edit

1 December – Anton Kochinyan, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia (1966-1974)
3 December – Heino Mandri, Estonian film and stage actor
8 December – Boris Kochno, Russian dancer, librettist and poet
15 December – Mikayil Jabrayilov, Soviet Azerbaijani soldier
21 December – Ivan Knunyants, Soviet chemist
25 December
- Vladimir Belousov, Soviet geologist
- Aleksandr Luchinskiy, Soviet general
27 December – Abulfat Aliyev, Soviet and Azerbaijani opera singer
31 December – Vasily Lazarev, Soviet cosmonaut

References edit

^ "Azerbaijan". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
^ "Black January: Baku (1990): Behind the Scenes – A Photojournalist's Perspective" by Reza Deghati with Betty Blair / in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 6:1 (Spring 1998), pp. 33–37
^ "Supreme Council - Reconstituent Seimas 1990 - 1992".
^ "Moscow Parade Marks Date of WWII Victory". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 1990-05-09. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
^ "ИНАУГУРАЦИИ 1991-2000". Akipress.com.
^ HD Final Soviet October Revolution Parade, 1990 Парад 7 Ноября, retrieved 2023-10-01