1990 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents
- President of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev
- Chairman of the Supreme Soviet – Mikhail Gorbachev, Anatoly Lukyanov
- Vice President of the Soviet Union – Gennady Yanayev
- Premier of the Soviet Union – Nikolai Ryzhkov
Events
January
- January 12 - Baku pogrom
- January 19–20 - Black January
March
- March 4 - 1990 Russian Supreme Soviet election
- March 11 - Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
May
- May 4 - Declaration "On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia"
- May 6 - Bridge of Flowers
- May 9 - 1990 Moscow Victory Day Parade
- May 16 - Congress of People's Deputies of Russia is established
- May 30–31 - 1990 Vrancea earthquakes
June
- June 1 - 1990 Chemical Weapons Accord
- June 4–6 - Osh riots
- June 7–8 - 1990 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
- June 12 - Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- June 19 - Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is established
July
- Unknown date - Gazprombank was founded.
- July 14 - The 28th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is elected
- July 14 - Central Committee elected by the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- July 16 - Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine
- July 27 - Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
August
- August 10 - Tbilisi–Agdam bus bombing
- August 30 - The 500 Days program is established
October
- October 11 - Declaration of State Sovereignty of Bashkortostan
- October 17 - VTB Bank was founded.
- October 24 - Soviet nuclear tests
- October 27 - Askar Akayev is elected as the 1st President of Kyrgyzstan
- October 27 - The first episode of Pole Chudes is presented
November
Births
- August 23 — Anton Tikhomirov, Russian professional ice hockey player
- September 19 — Evgeny Novikov, Russian rally driver
Deaths
January
- January 2 — Leonhard Merzin, Estonian actor
- January 4 — Boris Nikolsky, physical chemist and radiochemist
- January 5 — Genrikh Sidorenkov, ice hockey player
- January 6 — Pavel Cherenkov, physicist
- January 19
- *Alexander Pechersky, soldier and humanitarian
- *Movses Gorgisyan, Armenian activist and politician
- *Maharram Seyidov, Azerbaijani soldier
- January 26 — Dodo Abashidze, actor and film director
- January 30 — Nina Niss-Goldman, painter, sculptor and teacher
February
- February 2 — Paul Ariste, linguist
- February 16 — Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, 14th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine
- February 22 — Evald Seepere, Estonian boxer
- February 23 — David Samoylov, poet
March
- March 4
- *Konstantin Kokkinaki, fighter and test pilot
- *Vasily Margelov, general
- March 7 — Shenork I Kaloustian of Constantinople, 82th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
- March 9 — George Costakis, collector of Russian art
- March 14 — Yuri Sokolov, Soviet Olympic judoka and criminal
- March 15 — Mykola Makhynia, football player and coach
- March 20 — Lev Yashin, footballer
- March 30 — Vladimir Stolnikov, boxer
April
- April 4
- *Leonid Dushkin, rocket engineer
- *Mark Fradkin, composer
- April 5 — Lev Skvirsky, lieutenant-general
- April 6 — Yevgeny Savitsky, fighter ace and air marshal
- April 19 — Sergey Filippov, actor and comedian
- April 24
- *Endel Pärn, actor and singer
- *Vladimir Saprykin, Red Army officer and war hero
- April 27 — Vladimir Kanygin, middleweight weightlifter
- April 30
- *Vasili Yermasov, football goalkeeper and manager
- *Mark Zborowski, anthropologist and spy
May
- May 3 — Pimen I of Moscow, 14th Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
- May 11 — Venedikt Yerofeyev, writer and dissident
- May 12 — Andrei Kirilenko, politician
- May 15
- *Porfiry Krylov, painter and graphic artist
- *Anna Schchian, botanist
- May 24 — Julijans Vaivods, Roman Catholic cardinal
- May 26 — Varlen Pen, painter
- May 28 — Inna Gulaya, actress
June
- June 1 — Natalia Tkachenko, painter
- June 4 — Yulian Bromley, anthropologist
- June 5 — Vasili Kuznetsov, politician
- June 6
- *Sobir Kamolov, 10th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbek SSR
- *Fyodor Remezov, general
- June 11 — Irakly Andronikov, literature historian and media personality
- June 14 — Ralf Liivar, Estonian football player
- June 17 — Aleksandrs Leimanis, film director
- June 19 — Aleksandr Goncharov, field hockey player and Olympian
- June 22
- *Marat Podoksin, painter
- *Ilya Frank, nuclear physicist
- June 25 — Yevgeniya Sechenova, sprinter
- June 28 — Borys Ivchenko, Ukrainian actor and film director
July
- July 1 – Ivan Serov, 1st Chairman of the Committee for State Security
- July 4 — Pavel Utkin, painter
- July 10 – Sergei Rudenko, general
- July 12 – Savkuz Dzarasov, wrestler and Olympic medalist
- July 15
- *Oleg Kagan, violinist
- *Enn Roos, sculptor
- July 16
- *Mikhail Matusovsky, poet
- *Valentin Pikul, novelist
- July 17 – Lidiya Ginzburg, literary critic
- July 19
- *Georgi Burkov, actor
- *Gusman Kosanov, Olympic sprinter
- July 20 – Sergei Parajanov, filmmaker
- July 22 – Eduard Streltsov, footballer
August
- August 2 — Vladilen Nikiforov, Soviet painter
- August 6 — Baqi Urmançe, painter, sculptor, and graphic artist
- August 15 — Viktor Tsoi, singer and songwriter
- August 22 – Boris Shcherbina, politician
- August 24 – Sergei Dovlatov, journalist and writer
- August 29 – Solomon Mikhlin, mathematician
- August 30 — Timofey Ksenofontov, Soviet painter
- August 31 – Sergey Volkov, figure skater and Olympian
September
- September 1 – Afanasy Beloborodov, general
- September 3
- *Slava Amiragov, Olympic rower
- *Eugene Martynov, singer
- September 8 – Boris Tenin, actor
- September 9
- *Alexander Men, theologian
- *Anatoly Sofronov, author and poet
- *Rimantas Stankevičius, cosmonaut and pilot
- September 14 – Leonid Ivanov, footballer
- September 15 – Valentin Filatyev, Soviet cosmonaut
- September 16 – Semyon Kurkotkin, general
- September 21 – Alexander Konstantinopolsky, chess player
- September 27 – Matvey Blanter, composer "Katyusha"
October
- October 4 – Sergey Lapin, diplomat
- October 9 – Boris Paichadze, footballer
- October 14 – Irina Odoyevtseva, poet, novelist and memoirist
- October 15 – Boris Piotrovsky, archaeologist
- October 18 – Pyotr Fedoseyev, philosopher and politician
- October 22 – Nikolai Rybnikov, film actor
- October 24 — Boris Maluev, Soviet painter and graphic artist
- October 25 – Zara Mints, literary scientist
- October 28
- *Aleksandra Chudina, track and field athlete and volleyball player
- *Kolau Nadiradze, poet
- October 29 – Aleksey Alelyukhin, flying ace
November
- November 3 – Nikolai Rakov, violinist
- November 5 – Suleiman Yudakov, composer
- November 7 — Stepan Privedentsev, painter
- November 14 – Leonid Trauberg, film director and screenwriter
- November 16 – Dmitri Skobeltsyn, physicist
- November 19 – Georgy Flyorov, Soviet nuclear physicist
- November 25 – Merab Mamardashvili, philosopher
December
- December 1 – Anton Kochinyan, 11th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia
- December 3 – Heino Mandri, film and stage actor
- December 8 – Boris Kochno, dancer, librettist and poet
- December 15 – Mikayil Jabrayilov, Azerbaijani soldier
- December 21 – Ivan Knunyants, chemist
- December 25
- *Vladimir Belousov, geologist
- *Alexander Luchinsky, general
- December 27 – Abulfat Aliyev, opera singer
- December 31 – Vasily Lazarev, cosmonaut