The following lists events that happened during 1943 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 — Joseph Stalin
Events
January January 15–25 — World War II: Battle of Voronezh (1943)
February February 2 — The Battle of Stalingrad officially ends with General Karl Strecker's surrender to Soviet forces. February 10–13 — World War II: Battle of Krasny Bor
July July 12 — World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka, part of the Battle of Kursk
August Battle of Kursk
October October 30 — World War II: The Moscow Declaration is signed by the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union during the Moscow Conference.
November November 6 — The 26th Anniversary of the October Revolution Celebration Meeting
Births January 14 — Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor (d. 2019) January 18 — Vladimir Fedotov, Soviet and Russian football striker (d. 2009) February 1 — Viktor Dubynin, 1st Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (d. 1992) February 4 — Sergei Dubov, Russian journalist, publisher and entrepreneur (d. 1994) February 18 — Valery Zorkin, 1st and 4th President of the Constitutional Court of Russia February 21 — Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Russian novelist February 22 — Eduard Limonov, Russian writer, poet, publicist and political dissident (d. 2020) February 26 — Kazimira Prunskiene, 1st Prime Minister of Lithuania May 4 — Mihail Chemiakin, Russian-American painter, stage designer, sculptor and publisher May 6 — Lidziya Bryzha, Belarusian milkmaid and machine milking operator (d. 2014) May 17 Alexander Lenkov, Soviet and Russian film, stage and voice actor (d. 2014) Valentina Kamenyok-Vinogradova, volleyball player (d. 2002) May 29 — Ion Ciubuc, 3rd Prime Minister of Moldova (d. 2018) June 9 — Viktor Aristov, film director and screenwriter (d. 1994) June 11 — Oleg Vidov, Russian-American actor (d. 2017) June 17 — Vitaly Parkhimovich, rifle shooter (d. 1995) June 30 — Viktor Chistiakov, actor and parodist (d. 1972) July 6 — Tamara Sinyavskaya, Russian mezzo-soprano July 17 — Vadim Ivanov, Soviet and Russian football player and coach (d. 1996) August 10 — Yuri Khaliullin, Soviet and Russian naval officer (d. 2022) August 14 — Vyacheslav Lebedev, 1st Chief Justice of the Russian Federation (d. 2024) August 31 — Leonid Ivashov, Russian military and public official October 5 — Inna Churikova, Soviet and Russian stage and film actress (d. 2023) October 10 – Galina Skakun, Belarusian cattle breeder and milkmaid (d. 2022) November 7 Nasirdin Isanov, 1st Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (d. 1991) Boris Gromov, 2nd Governor of Moscow Oblast December 20 — Otto Barch, Kyrgyz Olympic racewalker
Deaths January 3 — Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, Azerbaijani statesman (b. 1887) January 4 — Marina Raskova, navigator (b. 1912) January 26 — Nikolai Vavilov, botanist and geneticist (b. 1887) January 29 — Vladimir Kokovtsov, 4th Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1853) February 9 — Dmitry Kardovsky, painter and illustrator (b. 1866) February 23 — Grigory Kravchenko, test pilot and air force general (b. 1912) March 11 — Leonid Khrushchev, fighter pilot and son of Nikita Khrushchev (b. 1917) March 31 — Pavel Milyukov, historian and liberal politician (b. 1859) April 14 — Yakov Dzhugashvili, eldest son of Joseph Stalin (b. 1907) April 25 — Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, theatre director, writer, pedagogue, playwright, producer and theatre administrator (b. 1858) May 2 — Konstantin Pamfilov, statesman (b. 1901) May 19 — Kristjan Raud, painter and drawer (b. 1865) May 24 — Johannes Orasmaa, Estonian general (b. 1890) July 14 — Mariya Borovichenko, medical officer (b. 1925) August 5 — Iosif Apanasenko, commander (b. 1890) November 5 — Samad Abdullayev, army officer (b. 1920) November 28 — Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician (b. 1881) December 4 — Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, revolutionary, functionary, journalist and historian (b. 1878)
See also 1943 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1943
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