1935 in the Soviet Union

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The following lists events that happened during 1935 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

In May 1935, the Soviets signed a treaty of mutual assistance with France and Czechoslovakia ^[1] which lasted until the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between the Soviet Union and Germany in 1939.^[2]

At the Communist International's 7th Congress, held in July–August 1935, the Soviet government encouraged Marxist–Leninists to unite with other leftists as part of a popular front against fascism.^[3]

Incumbents

Events

January

8 January – Battle of Khalkhyn Temple.

March

27 March – The Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance is ratified by the USSR.

April

24 April – William Christian Bullitt Jr., the United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union, hosts the elaborately prepared Spring Ball of the Full Moon, which is said to have surpassed all other embassy parties in Moscow's history.

May

15 May – Joseph Stalin opens the Moscow Metro to the public.^[4]

June

26 June – The balloon USSR-1 ascends to an altitude of 16,000 meters and is forced into descent by a release of hydrogen.

July

24 July – First permanent children's railway is opened in Tbilisi.

August

25 August – The Treaty of Establishment, Commerce and Navigation is signed between Iran and the USSR.

December

28 December – Pravda publishes a letter from Pavel Postyshev, who revives the New Year tree tradition in the USSR.

Births

7 January – Valeri Kubasov, cosmonaut (d. 2014)
14 January – Yuri Zhuravlyov, mathematician
1 February – Vladimir Aksyonov, cosmonaut
24 March – Leonid Shebarshin, KGB officer (d. 2012)
29 April – Andrey Zaliznyak, linguist (d. 2017)
26 May
- Gary Berkovich, architect
- Allan Chumak, faith healer (d. 2017)
4 July – Leonid Potapov, politician (d. 2020)
8 July – Vitaly Sevastyanov, cosmonaut
19 July – Vasily Livanov, film actor, screenwriter and animator
26 July – Vladimir Nakoryakov, scientist (d. 2018)
3 August – Georgy Shonin, cosmonaut
2 September – Valentin Gaft, actor (d. 2020)
10 November – Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, astrophysicist
23 November – Vladislav Volkov, cosmonaut
5 December – Yury Vlasov, weightlifter (d. 2021) ^[5]

Deaths

28 January – Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, composer (born 1859)

References

^ Khlevniuk 2015, p. 135.
^ Watson, Derek (2000). "Molotov's Apprenticeship in Foreign Policy: The Triple Alliance Negotiations in 1939". Europe-Asia Studies. 52 (4): 695–722. doi:10.1080/713663077. S2CID 144385167.
^ Haslam 1979, pp. 682–683; Conquest 1991, p. 218; Service 2004, p. 385; Khlevniuk 2015, p. 135.
^ Culture and Life. Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. 1974. p. 10.
^ Yury Vlasov

Sources

Conquest, Robert (1991). Stalin: Breaker of Nations. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-1401-6953-9.
Haslam, Jonathan (1979). "The Comintern and the Origins of the Popular Front 1934–1935". The Historical Journal. 22 (3): 673–691. doi:10.1017/s0018246x00017039. S2CID 159573290.
Khlevniuk, Oleg V. (2015). Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-3001-6388-9.
Service, Robert (2004). Stalin: A Biography. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-3337-2627-3.

[FOOTNOTEKhlevniuk2015135-1] Khlevniuk 2015, p. 135.

[2] Watson, Derek (2000). "Molotov's Apprenticeship in Foreign Policy: The Triple Alliance Negotiations in 1939". Europe-Asia Studies. 52 (4): 695–722. doi:10.1080/713663077. S2CID 144385167.

[FOOTNOTEHaslam1979682–683Conquest1991218Service2004385Khlevniuk2015135-3] Haslam 1979, pp. 682–683; Conquest 1991, p. 218; Service 2004, p. 385; Khlevniuk 2015, p. 135.

[4] Culture and Life. Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. 1974. p. 10.

[5] Yury Vlasov

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