# 1946 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

* January 15 — Valentin Dubinin, Acting Governor of Primorsky Krai
* January 18 — Victoria Fyodorova, Russian-American actress and author (d. 2012)
* January 24 — Vasily Zakharyashchev, politician (d. 2023)
* February 13 — Lev Korshunov, 2nd Governor of Altai Krai
* February 22 — Nagima Aitkhozhina, Kazakh biologist (d. 2020)
* February 26 — Viktor Kazantsev, envoy of the Russian President to the Southern Federal District (d. 2021)
* March 23 — Lyudmila Byakova, Russian seamstress
* March 25 — Anatoly Guzhvin, 1st Governor of Astrakhan Oblast (d. 2004)
* April 2 — Beno Axionov, Russian-Moldovan actor, director, drama teacher and screenwriter
* April 22 — Allahverdi Baghirov, Azerbaijani officer (d. 1992)
* April 25 — Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Founder and 1st Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (d. 2022)
* May 14 — Anatoliy Zheglanov, Soviet and Russian ski jumper (d. 1999)
* May 17 — Galina Starovoytova, dissident (d. 1998)
* June 2 — Valery Fateyev, 1st Governor of Smolensk Oblast
* July 18 — Kanat Saudabayev, 6th State Counsellor of Kazakhstan
* July 23 — Alexander Kaidanovsky, Soviet and Russian actor and film director (d. 1995)
* July 25 — Vasily Dyakonov, 1st Governor of Krasnodar Krai (d. 2012)
* August 3 — Nikolai Burlyayev, Soviet and Russian actor and film director
* August 4 — Ramazan Abdulatipov, 4th Head of the Republic of Dagestan
* August 15 — Anatoly Kvashnin, 4th Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (d. 2022)
* August 19 — Zoja Rudnova, Soviet and Russian international table tennis player (d. 2014)
* August 20 — Valentin Vlasov, 2nd Mayor of Arkhangelsk (d. 2020)
* August 26 — Liana Isakadze, Georgian violinist and conductor (d. 2024)
* September 13 — Henri Kuprashvili, Georgian swimmer
* September 21
** Mikhail Kovalchuk, Russian physicist and official
** Mart Siimann, 12th Prime Minister of Estonia
* October 4 — Yevgeny Kharitonov, 3rd Governor of Krasnodar Krai
* October 6 — Yekaterina Gradova, Soviet and Russian film actress (d. 2021)
* October 8 — Aleksandr Gorshkov, Soviet and Russian ice dancer (d. 2022)
* November 22 — Oleg Kagan, violinist (d. 1990)
* November 27 — Nina Maslova, Soviet and Russian actress
* December 31 — Lyudmila Pakhomova, ice dancer (d. 1986)

## Deaths

* January 2 — Fabijan Abrantovich, civic and religious leader (b. 1884)
* May 1 — Israfil Mammadov, Red Army lieutenant (b. 1919)
* May 13 — Aleksei Bach, biochemist and revolutionary (b. 1857)
* June 3 — Mikhail Kalinin, 1st Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (b. 1875)
* July 8 — Alexander Alexandrov, composer (b. 1883)
* July 26 — Alexander Vvedensky, Orthodox religious leader (b. 1889)
* August 1
** Andrey Vlasov, commander of the Russian Liberation Army (b. 1901)
** Sergei Bunyachenko, Red Army defector (b. 1902)
** Fyodor Truhin, major general and defector during WWII (b. 1896)
* November 4 — Semyon Bychkov, military pilot and defector during WWII (b. 1918)
* November 11 — Nikolay Burdenko, surgeon (b. 1876)
* November 18 — Vincentas Borisevičius, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Telsiai Diocese (b. 1887)
* December 6 — Maximilian Steinberg, composer of classical music (b. 1883)