1932 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1932 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 – Vyacheslav Molotov
Events
January
- 21 January – The Soviet–Finnish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
July
- 25 July – The Soviet–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
August
- 7 August – The Law of Spikelets is enacted.
September
- 23 September – Ryutin Affair: Martemyan Ryutin and others in the Union of Marxists-Leninists are arrested.
Births
- 3 January – Valentina Gaganova, textile worker and politician.
- 4 January – Roman Personov, scientist
- 10 January – Iskra Babich, film director
- 25 January – Nikolay Anikin, skier
- 27 January
- * Rimma Kazakova, poet
- * Boris Shakhlin, Olympic gymnast
- 22 February – Victor Cherkashin, KGB counter-intelligence officer
- 4 April – Andrei Tarkovsky, film director
- 3 May – Maria Itkina, Olympic sprinter
- 15 May – Arkady Volsky, politician
- 6 June – Tamara Novikova, female cyclist
- 13 June – Boris Katalimov, Chess International Master
- 16 June – Alla Osipenko, ballerina
- 20 June – Robert Rozhdestvensky, poet
- 2 August – Vladimir Struzhanov, swimmer
- 20 August – Vasily Aksyonov, novelist
- 18 September – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut
- 16 December – Rodion Shchedrin, composer
Deaths
- 18 January – Dmitry Shcherbachev, general
- 9 November – Nadezhda Alliluyeva, second wife of Joseph Stalin