The following lists events that happened during 1924 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets – Mikhail Kalinin Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Vladimir Lenin (until 2 February), Alexei Rykov (starting 2 February)

Events January 19 January – failed attempt to free capital of Khiva from Bolsheviks 21 January- Vladimir Lenin, leader of the October Revolution and the first leader and founder of the Soviet Union, dies at age 53 26 January – started Second All-Union Congress of Soviets in Moscow 26 January – Petrograd is renamed into Leningrad 27 January – Lenin is buried in the Lenin's Mausoleum at the Red Square 29 January – a three-day plenary session of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) adopted decision on "Lenin's call to the party" 31 January – The 1924 Soviet Constitution is ratified by the Congress of Soviets

February 1 February – United Kingdom recognized the Soviet Union 2 February – ended Second All-Union Congress of Soviets in Moscow Alexei Rykov has been appointment as the Chairman of Sovnarkom 7 February – Italy (Benito Mussolini) recognized the Soviet Union 15 February – began the "Lenin Enrolment" into the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 25 February – plenary session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bukhara approved the national delimitation of the Central Asia (National delimitation in the Soviet Union)

March 3 March — Executive Bureau of the Central Committee of the Khorezm Communist Party approved the initiative on the national delimitation of the Central Asia 10 March — Central Committee of the Turkestan Communist Party approved the initiative on the national delimitation of the Central Asia In Vienna, Austria was opened a bilateral conference between Romania and the Soviet Union on the "Bessarabian issue"

April 2 April — Romanian delegation rejected the Soviet proposal to hold a plebiscite a plebiscite in Bessarabia and interrupted further negotiations with the Soviet Union All-Russian Central Executive Committee awarded "proletariat of Tashkent" with Order of the Red Banner

May 23–31 May – 13th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

June 12 June – Politburo of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) adopted a resolution on national delimitation in the Central Asia

July 8-22 July – 3rd Congress of Profintern in Moscow

August 3–4 August – Soviet raid on Stołpce 28 August – 5 September – August Uprising in Georgia, Transcaucasian SFSR

September 15–18 September – Tatarbunary Uprising with Soviet involvement starts in Romania 23 September – 1924 Leningrad flooding

October 12 October – on territory of Ukraine established the Moldavian ASSR centered in Balta on decision of the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee (8th convocation) 14 October – All-Russian Central Executive Committee adopted decision on establishing of autonomous regions within the Turkestan ASSR (Tajik ASSR and Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast) 27 October – instead of Turkestan ASSR, Bukharan SSR, and Khorezm SSR were formed Uzbek SSR (centered in Bukhara) and Turkmen SSR (Poltoratsk – Ashgabat)

November 14 November – Yekaterinburg renamed into Sverdlovsk

December 19 December – on decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, the Volga German Autonomous Oblast transformed into Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Births 13 February – Ivan Mozgovenko, clarinetist and music teacher (died 2021) 18 February – Evald Ilyenkov, writer (died 1979) 29 February – Vladimir Kryuchkov, head of the KGB (died 2007) 19 March – Lev Kulidzhanov, film director (died 2002) 18 April – Pyotr Nikolayev, Olympic shooter (died 2000) 11 May – Eugene Dynkin, mathematician (died 2014) 21 May – Boris Vasilyev, writer (died 2013) 10 July – Vladimir Sukharev, Olympic athlete (died 1997) 20 July – Tatyana Lioznova, film director (died 2011) 4 October – Georgy Shakhnazarov, Soviet-Armenian politician (died 2001) 3 November – Violetta Elvin, ballerina 5 December – Vladimir Dolgikh, politician Date unknown – Nikolai Nagibin, posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union

Deaths 21 January – Vladimir Lenin, USSR politician (b. 1870) 30 June – Praskovya Uvarova, archaeologist (b. 1840)

See also 1924 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1924

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