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1958 in the Soviet Union

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Decades:
  
1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s

See also:
  
Other events of 1958 Timeline of Soviet history

The following lists events that happened during 1958 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Contents

Events

  • 1958 Soviet nuclear tests

    • March

  • 16 March - Soviet Union legislative election, 1958

    • May

  • 15 May - Sputnik 3 is launched.

    • August

  • 23-27 August - 1958 Grozny riots

    • September

  • 2 September - 1958 C-130 shootdown incident

    • Births

  • 2 January - Vladimir Ovchinnikov, pianist
  • 28 February - Natalya Estemirova, activist

    • References

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