The following lists events that happened during 1945 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 12 — WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army.Duffy, C. Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany, 1945 Routledge 1991 . Page 67 January 13 — WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Prussia. January 17 — WWII: The Soviet Union occupies Warsaw, Poland. May 2 — WWII: The Soviet Union captures and occupies Berlin, Germany. May 9 — Joseph Stalin declares victory over Nazi Germany during a speech broadcast on radio. June 24 — Moscow Victory Parade August 9 — WWII: The Soviet Union declared war on Japan shortly after the Atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The Soviets began to invade the Japanese-held puppet region of Manchuria, while the 25th Army advanced into northern Korea. September 19 — The former guerilla fighter Kim Il Sung, a Red Army captain, returned to northern Korea occupied by the Soviets. October 14 — Kim Il Sung makes his first major public appearance in Pyongyang in Soviet-occupied northern Korea at the celebration of liberation where he is officially introduced to the public by the authorities as a national hero, a legendary guerrilla fighter and leader.
Births January 3 — Yaroslav Lesiv, Ukrainian poet and priest (d. 1991) January 9 — Levon Ter-Petrosyan, 1st President of Armenia February 10 — Vladimir Shumeyko, 1st Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia February 28 — Alexey Ekimov, Russian solid state physicist March 13 — Anatoly Fomenko, Russian mathematician March 22 — Givi Gumbaridze, 15th First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party March 26 — Mikhail Voronin, Soviet and Russian gymnast (d. 2004) March 28 — Raine Loo, Estonian actress (d. 2020) March 31 — Lidiya Belozyorova, Ukrainian actress (d. 2022) May 6 — Besarion Gugushvili, 1st Prime Minister of Georgia May 14 — Vladislav Ardzinba, 1st President of Abkhazia (d. 2010) May 20 — Aleksandr Belyakov, 1st Governor of Leningrad Oblast May 22 — Joseph Alliluyev, Russian cardiologist and grandson of Joseph Stalin (d. 2008) June 11 — Valery Chaptynov, 1st Head of the Altai Republic (d. 1997) June 19 — Natalya Seleznyova, Soviet and Russian theater and film actress July 19 — Oleg Fotin, Russian swimmer August 4 — Gennady Burbulis, Russian politician (d. 2022) August 9 — Zurab Sakandelidze, Georgian basketball player (d. 2004) August 14 — Valeriy Shmarov, 3rd Minister of Defence of Ukraine (d. 2018) August 29 — Alyosha Abrahamyan, Armenian footballer (d. 2018) September 23 — Igor Ivanov, 3rd Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia September 29 — Nadezhda Chizhova, Russian athlete October 3 — Viktor Saneyev, Georgian triple jumper, Olympic champion (d. 2022) November 5 — Nikolai Tanayev, 8th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (d. 2020) November 11 — Gennady Savelyev, 2nd Head of Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug November 13 — Vladislav Achalov, Soviet and Russian general, politician and public figure (d. 2011) December 10 — Yury Yevdokimov, 2nd Governor of Murmansk Oblast December 21 — Mari Lill, Estonian actress December 24 — Avtandil Margiani, 16th First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party
Deaths January 6 — Vladimir Vernadsky, mineralogist and geochemist (b. 1863) February 18 — Ivan Chernyakhovsky, general (b. 1907) February 23 — Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, writer (b. 1883) March 3 — Aleksandra Samusenko, WWII tank commander (b. 1922) March 26 — Boris Shaposhnikov, military leader (b. 1882) May 7 — Vladimir Boyarsky, army officer (b. 1901) May 10 — Aleksandr Shcherbakov, 15th First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1901) May 25 — Demyan Bedny, poet (b. 1883) June 16 — Nikolai Berzarin, Red Army general (b. 1904) June 30 — Gabriel El-Registan, poet (b. 1899) July 12 — Boris Galerkin, mathematician (b. 1871) October 20 — Varvara Massalitinova, stage and film actress (b. 1878)
See also 1945 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1945
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