1985 in the Soviet Union
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The following lists events that happened during 1985 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Konstantin Chernenko (until 10 march), Mikhail Gorbachev (starting 11 March)
- Premier of the Soviet Union: Nikolai Tikhonov
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR: Mikhail Yasnov (until 26 March), Vladimir Orlov (starting 26 March)
Events
February
- February 24 — 1985 Russian Supreme Soviet election
- February 28 — Konstantin Chernenko makes a rare and last appearance on TV.[1]
March
- March 10 — At 15:00, Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko fell into a coma and died later that evening at 19:20, at age 73.
- March 11 — Mikhail Gorbachev succeeded Konstantin Chernenko as General Secretary.[2]
- March 13 — Konstantin Chernenko was honored with a state funeral and was buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis, he was the last person to be interred there.
April
- The Soviet Union begins to transfer the burden of fighting the mujahideen to the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
May
- May 9 — The 3rd total Victory Day Parade is held on Red Square in Moscow in the Soviet Union.[3]
November
- November 19 — Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan meet for the first time in Geneva.[4]
Births
- January 25 — Tina Karol, Ukrainian singer
- April 25 — Vladimir Balyntec, Russian powerlifter
- September 17 — Alexander Ovechkin, Russian ice hockey player
- November 28 — Evgeny Alekseev, Russian chess grandmaster
Deaths
- January 7 — Vladimir Kokkinaki, test pilot (b. 1904)
- January 22 — Mikhail Gromov, military aviator and test pilot (b. 1899)
- February 24 — Nigol Andresen, politician, writer, literary critic and translator (b. 1899)
- March 3 — Iosif Shklovsky, astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1916)
- March 10 — Konstantin Chernenko, 6th Leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1911)
- March 17 — Nikolai Gusarov, 17th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (b. 1905)
- April 19
- Pavel Batov, senior Red Army general (b. 1897)
- Sergei Tokarev, ethnologist (b. 1899)
- May 22 — Aleksandr Babaev, Air Force fighter pilot (b. 1923)
- May 28 — Mamed Iskenderov, 6th Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (b. 1915)
- June 17 — Kirill Moskalenko, 2nd Commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces (b. 1902)
- October 10 — Yul Brynner, Russian-born American actor (b. 1920)
- October 14 — Emil Gilels, pianist (b. 1916)
- November 5 — Arnold Chikobava, linguist and philologist (b. 1898)
- November 10 — Givi Javakhishvili, 11th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (b. 1912)
- November 13 — Alexander Pokryshkin, fighter pilot (b. 1913)
- November 18 — Dmitry Ryabyshev, military commander of the 8th Mechanized Corps (b. 1894)
- November 26 — Sergei Gerasimov, film director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
References
- ^ United Press International (1985-02-28). "Wheezing, Tired Chernenko Appears on TV for 6 Minutes". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ Associated Press (1985-03-11). "Gorbachev New Soviet Leader : Youngest Chief in 60 Years; Reagan Won't Go to Funeral : 54-Year-Old Succeeds Chernenko, Dead at 73". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ Schmemann, Serge; Times, Special To the New York (1985-05-10). "MOSCOW, MARKING 1945 VICTORY, GIVES WAR NEW PLACE IN HISTORY". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 21, 2017. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ "Reagan and Gorbachev: The Geneva Summit". Atomic Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 24 November 2024.