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1957 in the Soviet Union

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Other events of 1957 Timeline of Soviet history

The following lists events that happened during 1957 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Contents

Events

  • 1957 Soviet nuclear tests
  • Doctor Zhivago (novel) is published in Italy by Boris Pasternak after being rejected by Soviet censors.

    • May

  • May - The Anti-Party Group attempts to overthrow Nikita Khruschev.

    • July

  • 28 July - The 6th World Festival of Youth and Students is opened.

    • September

  • 26 September - Soviet submarine M-256 sinks after one of its diesel engines explodes.
  • 29 September - Kyshtym disaster

    • October

  • 4 October - Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, is launched.

    • November

  • November - The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition arrives in Antarctica.
  • 7 November - The dog Laika becomes the first animal to orbit the Earth when Sputnik 2 is launched.

    • Births

  • 27 February - Viktor Markin, athlete
  • 14 April - Mikhail Pletnev, pianist
  • 4 October - Aleksandr Tkachyov, gymnast
  • 3 December - Maxim Korobov, politician

    • Deaths

  • 15 July - Vasily Maklakov, politician (born 1869)

    • References

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