1964 in the Soviet Union

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

October 12 — 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.^[1]

October 14-15 — Khrushchev ousted from government by Leonid Brezhnev, Replaced as First Secretary by Brezhnev and as Chairman of the Council by Alexei Kosygin
October 10-24 — Soviet Athletes compete in 1964 Summer Olympics, Placing second place behind the United States with 96 medals (30 Gold, 31 Silver, 35 Bronze)^[2]

Births

January 1 — Aleksandr Lapin, Russian army officer and commander of the Leningrad Military District
January 4 — Alexandre Fadeev, figure skater
February 4 — Vyacheslav Volodin, 5th Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation
February 9 — Vladislav Vetrov, Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, director and writer
February 16 — Valentina Yegorova, Russian long-distance runner
February 28 — Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Uzbekistani road racing cyclist
March 7 — Vladimir Smirnov, Kazakh cross-country skier
March 25 — Dmitry Selivanov, Siberian rock singer (d. 1989)
April 3 — Yelena Ruzina, Russian Olympic athlete
April 13 — Dokka Umarov, Chechen mujahid and Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (d. 2013)
April 17 — Tahmasib Ajdarov, Azerbaijani scientist and Doctor of Economics
April 21 — Ludmila Engquist, Russian-Swedish athlete
May 19 — Gitanas Nauseda, 9th President of Lithuania
June 13 — Sarunas Marciulionis, Lithuanian basketball player
June 20 — Ethella Chupryk, Ukrainian pianist (d. 2019)
July 3 — Aleksei Serebryakov, Russian stage actor
August 1 — Natalya Shikolenko, Belarusian javelin thrower
August 24 — Salizhan Sharipov, Russian cosmonaut and astronaut
August 25 — Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician
September 3 — Ricochet, Russian singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
September 10 — Yegor Letov, singer (d. 2008)
September 14 — Akylbek Japarov, 2nd Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan
October 2 — Makharbek Khadartsev, Russian free-style wrestler
October 22 — Zurab Nogaideli, 5th Prime Minister of Georgia
November 28 — Giorgi Bagaturov, Georgian-Armernian chess grandmaster
December 15 — Kubatbek Boronov, 21st Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
December 19 — Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player