1964 in the Soviet Union

← 1963 1962 1961 1964 in the Soviet Union → 1965 1966 1967
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	History of the Soviet Union List of years in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1964 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents

• First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union:

Nikita Khrushchev (Until October 14)

Leonid Brezhnev (Starting October 14)

• Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union:

Leonid Brezhnev (Until July 15)

Anastas Mikoyan (Starting July 15)

• Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union:

Nikita Khrushchev (Until October 15)

Alexei Kosygin (Starting October 15)

Events

October

• 12 October - Voskhod 1 is the first space flight to carry more than one crewmen into orbit, and the first space flight without the use of spacesuits.

• 14-15 October - Khrushchev ousted from government by Leonid Brezhnev, Replaced as First Secretary by Brezhnev and as Chairman of the Council by Alexei Kosygin
• 10-24 October - Soviet Athletes compete in 1964 Summer Olympics, Placing second place behind the United States with 96 medals (30 Gold, 31 Silver, 35 Bronze)

Births

• 1 January - Aleksandr Lapin, Russian army officer and commander of the Leningrad Military District
• 13 April - Dokka Umarov, Chechen mujahid and Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (died 2013)
• 17 April - Tahmasib Ajdarov, Azerbaijani scientist and Doctor of Economics
• 3 July - Aleksei Serebryakov, Russian stage actor

Deaths

• 3 February - Allaberdy Berdyev, Soviet Turkmen politician and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR (born 1904)
• 3 February - Ivan Zarubin, Russian linguist specializing in the Pamir languages (born 1887)
• 30 June - Alexander Bubnov, Russian avant-garde painter and Soviet realist (Born 1908)
• 12 August - Dmitry Maksutov, Russian optical engineer and inventor of the Maksutov telescope (born 1896)
• 27 August - Aleksey Zhivotov, Russian composer (born 1904)
• 19 October - Sergey Biryuzov, Russian Marshal and Chief of the General Staff (born 1904)
• 19 October - Nikolay Shkodunovich, Russian lieutenant general (born 1900)
• 19 October - Vladimir Zhdanov, Russian colonel-general that led the Belgrade Offensive during the Second World War (born 1902)
• 29 October - Vasily Agapkin, Russian conductor, composer, and author of the march "Farewell of Slavianka" (born 1884)
• 7 December - Nikolay Anichkov, Russian pathologist (born 1885)