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1933 in the Soviet Union

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1933
in
the Soviet Union

Decades:
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The following lists events that happened during 1933 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents

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Events

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Undated

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  • Second Five Year Plan Begins
  • The Holodomor famine takes place in Ukraine.
  • Joseph Stalin added Article 121 to the entire Soviet Union criminal code, which made male homosexuality a crime punishable by up to five years in prison with hard labor. The law remained intact until after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and was repealed in 1993.[1]

Ongoing

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Refworld – Russia: Update to RUS13194 of 16 February 1993 on the treatment of homosexuals". Refworld. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
    - "Anne Buetikofer – Homosexuality in the Soviet Union and in today's Russia". Savanne.ch. 11 April 1999. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.