1964 in the Soviet Union

• First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: :: Nikita Khrushchev (Until October 14) :: Leonid Brezhnev (Starting October 14) • Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union: :: Leonid Brezhnev (Until July 15) :: Anastas Mikoyan (Starting July 15) • Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union: :: Nikita Khrushchev (Until October 15) :: Alexei Kosygin (Starting October 15) == Events ==

October • October 12 — Voskhod 1 is the first space flight to carry more than one crewmen into orbit, and the first space flight without the use of spacesuits. • October 14-15 — Khrushchev ousted from government by Leonid Brezhnev, Replaced as First Secretary by Brezhnev and as Chairman of the Council by Alexei Kosygin • October 10-24 — Soviet Athletes compete in 1964 Summer Olympics, Placing second place behind the United States with 96 medals (30 Gold, 31 Silver, 35 Bronze) == Births ==

• January 1 — Aleksandr Lapin, Russian army officer and commander of the Leningrad Military District • January 4 — Alexandre Fadeev, figure skater • February 4 — Vyacheslav Volodin, 5th Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation • February 9 — Vladislav Vetrov, Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, director and writer • February 16 — Valentina Yegorova, Russian long-distance runner • February 28 — Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Uzbekistani road racing cyclist • March 7 — Vladimir Smirnov, Kazakh cross-country skier • March 25 — Dmitry Selivanov, Siberian rock singer (d. 1989) • April 3 — Yelena Ruzina, Russian Olympic athlete • April 13 — Dokka Umarov, Chechen mujahid and Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (d. 2013) • April 17 — Tahmasib Ajdarov, Azerbaijani scientist and Doctor of Economics • April 21 — Ludmila Engquist, Russian-Swedish athlete • May 19 — Gitanas Nauseda, 9th President of Lithuania • June 13 — Sarunas Marciulionis, Lithuanian basketball player • June 20 — Ethella Chupryk, Ukrainian pianist (d. 2019) • July 3 — Aleksei Serebryakov, Russian stage actor • August 1 — Natalya Shikolenko, Belarusian javelin thrower • August 24 — Salizhan Sharipov, Russian cosmonaut and astronaut • August 25 — Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician • September 3 — Ricochet, Russian singer-songwriter (d. 2007) • September 10 — Yegor Letov, singer (d. 2008) • September 14 — Akylbek Japarov, 2nd Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan • October 2 — Makharbek Khadartsev, Russian free-style wrestler • October 22 — Zurab Nogaideli, 5th Prime Minister of Georgia • November 28 — Giorgi Bagaturov, Georgian-Armernian chess grandmaster • December 15 — Kubatbek Boronov, 21st Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan • December 19 — Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player == Deaths ==

• January 31 — Kanysh Satbayev, academician and geologist (b. 1899) • February 3 • Allaberdy Berdyev, 2nd Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR (b. 1904) • Ivan Zarubin, linguist specializing in the Pamir languages (b. 1887) • April 26 — Mikhail Parsegov, colonel general and military commander (b. 1899) • May 17 — Otto Kuusinen, 1st Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Karelo-Finnish SSR (b. 1881) • June 16 — Lidia Klement, singer (b. 1937) • June 20 — Vasily Kuznetsov, general (b. 1894) • June 28 — Ilya Smirnov, army general (b. 1887) • June 30 — Alexander Bubnov, avant-garde painter and Socialist realist (b. 1908) • July 4 — Samuil Marshak, writer (b. 1887) • July 13 — Mikhail Nazvanov, stage and film actor (b. 1914) • July 22 — Leonid Baratov, opera director (b. 1895) • August 12 — Dmitry Maksutov, optical engineer and inventor of the Maksutov telescope (b. 1896) • August 22 — Symeon Lukach, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishop and martyr (b. 1893) • August 27 — Aleksey Zhivotov, composer (b. 1904) • August 30 — Aleksei Grechkin, army commander (b. 1893) • September 14 — Vasily Grossman, writer and journalist (b. 1905) • September 28 — Mikhail Svetlov, poet (b. 1903) • October 19 • Sergey Biryuzov, 5th Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces (b. 1904) • Nikolay Shkodunovich, lieutenant general (b. 1900) • Vladimir Zhdanov, colonel-general (b. 1902) • October 25 — Terenty Shtykov, general and 1st Ambassador of the Soviet Union to North Korea (b. 1907) • October 29 — Vasily Agapkin, conductor, composer, and author of the march "Farewell of Slavianka" (b. 1884) • November 16 — Nikolai Vedeneyev, lieutenant general (b. 1897) • December 7 — Nikolay Anichkov, pathologist (b. 1885) • December 24 — Kuksha of Odessa, Ukrainian Orthodox Church priest (b. 1875) • December 29 — Vladimir Favorsky, artist and engraver (b. 1886) == See also ==