1963 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1963 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents
- First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union:
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union:
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union:
Events
June
- June 16 — Valentina Tereshkova, aboard Vostok 6, is the first woman in space
December
- December 18 — Ghanaian students protest in Red Square during the 1963 Moscow protest
Births
- January 10 — Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater
- February 4 — Sergei Pugachev, Russian businessman and politician
- February 25 — Merab Katsitadze, Georgian footballer
- April 12 — Anton Siluanov, Russian economist and current Minister of Finance
- April 13 — Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion
- April 24 — Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian punk rock musician
- May 25 — Eha Rünne, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower
- June 1 — Igor Zhelezovski, Soviet and Belarusian speed skater
- June 17 — Temir Sariyev, 17th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
- June 26
- *Mikhail Khodorkovsky, exiled Russian businessman, oligarch and opposition activist
- Farukh Ruzimatov, Uzbek-Russian ballet dancer
- July 8 — Dmitry Pevtsov, Russian actor and politician
- July 12 — Aleksandr Domogarov, Soviet and Russian theater actor, TV presenter and chanson singer
- July 20 — Alexander Zhulin, Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor
- August 14 — Karen Karapetyan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia
- August 15 — Valery Levaneuski, Belarusian political and social activist
- October 6 — Vasile Tarlev, 6th Prime Minister of Moldova
- October 13 — Bakhytjan Sagintayev, 9th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
- October 20 — Iurie Leanca, 9th Prime Minister of Moldova
- October 27 — Sergey Smiryagin, Russian freestyle swimmer
- December 4 — Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian former pole vaulter
- December 9 — Zurab Zhvania, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia
- December 14 — Vytautas Juozapaitis, Lithuanian singer
- December 21 — Dmitry Rogozin, Russian politician, co-founder of the far-right party Rodina and Senator of the Russian Occupied Zaporozhye Oblast
Deaths
- January 20 — Fyodor Terentyev, cross-country skier
- January 31 — Alasgar Alakbarov, actor
- February 15 — Nikanor Zakhvatayev, general and army commander
- February 27 — Vladimir Konashevich, graphic artist and illustrator
- March 30 — Alexander Gauk, conductor and composer
- May 3 — Vladimir Sviridov, military commander and lieutenant general of artillery
- May 16 — Oleg Penkovsky, British spy and GRU colonel
- May 23 — August Jakobson, writer and politician
- May 29 — Vissarion Shebalin, composer and music pedagogue
- June 18 — Boris Korolyov, sculptor
- August 15 — Timofei Strokach, prominent military figure of the NKVD and KGB
- August 20 — Alexander Utvenko, lieutenant general
- September 9 — Archie Johnstone, Scottish journalist, hotelier and humanitarian who defected to the Soviet Union
- October 18 — Andrey Kravchenko, colonel general
- November 3 — Augusts Kirhenšteins, 1st Chairman of the Presidium of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
- November 25 — Alexander Marinesko, naval officer