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The following lists events that happened during 1958 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents
- First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Nikita Khrushchev
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union – Kliment Voroshilov
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union – Nikolai Bulganin (until 27 March), Nikita Khrushchev (starting 27 March)
Events
March
- 16 March – Soviet Union legislative election, 1958
May
- 15 May – Sputnik 3 is launched.
August
- 23–27 August – 1958 Grozny riots
September
- 2 September – 1958 C-130 shootdown incident
Births
- 2 January – Vladimir Ovchinnikov, pianist
- 28 February – Natalya Estemirova, activist (died 2009)
- 22 June – Serhiy Kot, Ukrainian historian (died 2022)
- 21 October – Andre Geim, physicist
Full date missing
- Olga Tsepilova, sociologist
Deaths
- 10 February – Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete (born 1899)
See also
References
- "NASA – NSSDCA – Spacecraft – Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
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