1940 in the Soviet Union
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The following lists events that happened during 1940 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
- Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Vyacheslav Molotov
Births
- May 24 – Joseph Brodsky
Deaths
- January 27 – Isaac Babel
- February 2
- February 4
- 10 March – Mikhail Bulgakov
See also
References
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