1933 in Russia
Events from the year 1933 in Russia
| Years in Russia: | 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s |
| Years: | 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 |
Incumbents
Soviet Union
- De-facto leader - Joseph Stalin
- Chairman of All-Union Central Executive Committee (de-jure head of state) - Mikhail Kalinin
- Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (prime minister) - Vyacheslav Molotov
- People's commissar for military and naval affairs- Kliment Voroshilov
- People's commissar for heavy industry- Sergo Ordzhonikidze
- People's Commissar for Ways of Communication- Andrey Andreyev
- First Secretary of Moscow urban committee of AUCP(b) - Lazar Kaganovich
Russia
- Chairman of All-Russian Central Executive Committee - Mikhail Kalinin
- Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars - Daniil Sulimov
Events
- 2 August - White Sea–Baltic Canal opened.
- 5 September - Tupolev ANT-7 crash near Podolsk, which led to a complete reorganization of air traffic in the Soviet Union.
- In 1933, Joseph Stalin added Article 121 to the entire Soviet Union criminal code, which made male homosexuality a crime punishable by up to five years in prison with hard labor. The law remained intact until after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and was repealed in 1993.[1]
Ongoing
Births
- 15 April - Boris Strugatsky, writer
- 27 April - Leonid Roshal, pediatrician
- 12 May - Andrei Voznesensky, poet
- 19 June - Viktor Patsayev, cosmonaut
- 9 July - Elem Klimov, filmmaker
- 13 October - Mark Zakharov, filmmaker
Deaths
- 20 August - Vasily Boldyrev, WWI and Russian Civil War commander
- 8 October - Leonid Vesnin, architect
References
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Refworld – Russia: Update to RUS13194 of 16 February 1993 on the treatment of homosexuals". Refworld. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- "Anne Buetikofer – Homosexuality in the Soviet Union and in today's Russia". Savanne.ch. 11 April 1999. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
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