1943 in the Soviet Union
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
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
- January 18 — Vladimir Fedotov, Soviet and Russian football striker
- February 1 — Viktor Dubynin, 1st Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces
- February 4 — Sergei Dubov, Russian journalist, publisher and entrepreneur
- 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
- February 26 — Kazimira Prunskiene, 1st Prime Minister of Lithuania
- May 4 — Mihail Chemiakin, Russian-American painter, stage designer, sculptor and publisher
- May 17
- *Alexander Lenkov, Soviet and Russian film, stage and voice actor
- *Valentina Kamenyok-Vinogradova, volleyball player
- May 29 — Ion Ciubuc, 3rd Prime Minister of Moldova
- June 9 — Viktor Aristov, film director and screenwriter
- June 11 — Oleg Vidov, Russian-American actor
- June 17 — Vitaly Parkhimovich, rifle shooter
- June 30 — Viktor Chistiakov, actor and parodist
- July 6 — Tamara Sinyavskaya, Russian mezzo-soprano
- July 17 — Vadim Ivanov, Soviet and Russian football player and coach
- August 10 — Yuri Khaliullin, Soviet and Russian naval officer
- August 14 — Vyacheslav Lebedev, 1st Chief Justice of the Russian Federation
- August 31 — Leonid Ivashov, Russian military and public official
- October 5 — Inna Churikova, Soviet and Russian stage and film actress
- October 10 – Galina Skakun, Belarusian cattle breeder and milkmaid
- November 7
- *Nasirdin Isanov, 1st Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
- *Boris Gromov, 2nd Governor of Moscow Oblast
- December 20 — Otto Barch, Kyrgyz Olympic racewalker
Deaths
- January 3 — Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, Azerbaijani statesman
- January 4 — Marina Raskova, navigator
- January 26 — Nikolai Vavilov, botanist and geneticist
- January 29 — Vladimir Kokovtsov, 4th Prime Minister of Russia
- February 9 — Dmitry Kardovsky, painter and illustrator
- February 23 — Grigory Kravchenko, test pilot and air force general
- March 11 — Leonid Khrushchev, fighter pilot and son of Nikita Khrushchev
- March 31 — Pavel Milyukov, historian and liberal politician
- April 14 — Yakov Dzhugashvili, eldest son of Joseph Stalin
- April 25 — Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, theatre director, writer, pedagogue, playwright, producer and theatre administrator
- May 2 — Konstantin Pamfilov, statesman
- May 19 — Kristjan Raud, painter and drawer
- May 24 — Johannes Orasmaa, Estonian general
- July 14 — Mariya Borovichenko, medical officer
- August 5 — Iosif Apanasenko, commander
- November 5 — Samad Abdullayev, army officer
- November 28 — Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician
- December 4 — Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, revolutionary, functionary, journalist and historian