1990 in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1990 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents

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

November 7 – The Last Parade of The October Revolution takes on Moscow's Red Square on 73th Anniversary of the Bolsheviks Seizure of Power

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