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Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	History of the Soviet Union List of years in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during1943 in theUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics.

• General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union —Joseph Stalin
• Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union —Mikhail Kalinin
• Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union —Joseph Stalin

• January 15–25 —World War II:Battle of Voronezh (1943)

• February 2 —The Battle of Stalingrad officially ends with GeneralKarl Strecker's surrender to Soviet forces.
• February 10–13 —World War II:Battle of Krasny Bor

• July 12 —World War II:Battle of Prokhorovka, part of theBattle of Kursk

• Battle of Kursk

• October 30 —World War II: TheMoscow Declaration is signed by theUnited States, theUnited Kingdom and the Soviet Union during theMoscow Conference.

• November 6 — The 26th Anniversary of theOctober Revolution Celebration Meeting^[1]

• January 14 —Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor (d.2019)
• January 18 —Vladimir Fedotov, Soviet and Russian football striker (d.2009)
• February 1 —Viktor Dubynin, 1stChief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (d.1992)
• February 4 —Sergei Dubov, Russian journalist, publisher and entrepreneur (d.1994)
• February 18 —Valery Zorkin, 1st and 4thPresident of the Constitutional Court of Russia
• February 21 —Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Russian novelist
• February 22 —Eduard Limonov, Russian writer, poet, publicist and political dissident (d.2020)
• February 26 —Kazimira Prunskiene, 1stPrime Minister of Lithuania
• May 4 —Mihail Chemiakin, Russian-American painter, stage designer, sculptor and publisher
• May 17
  • Alexander Lenkov, Soviet and Russian film, stage and voice actor (d.2014)
  • Valentina Kamenyok-Vinogradova, volleyball player (d.2002)
• May 29 —Ion Ciubuc, 3rdPrime Minister of Moldova (d.2018)
• June 9 —Viktor Aristov, film director and screenwriter (d.1994)
• June 11 —Oleg Vidov, Russian-American actor (d.2017)
• June 17 —Vitaly Parkhimovich, rifle shooter (d.1995)
• June 30 —Viktor Chistiakov, actor and parodist (d.1972)
• July 6 —Tamara Sinyavskaya, Russian mezzo-soprano
• July 17 —Vadim Ivanov, Soviet and Russian football player and coach (d.1996)
• August 10 —Yuri Khaliullin, Soviet and Russian naval officer (d.2022)
• August 14 —Vyacheslav Lebedev, 1stChief Justice of the Russian Federation (d.2024)
• August 31 —Leonid Ivashov, Russian military and public official
• October 5 —Inna Churikova, Soviet and Russian stage and film actress (d.2023)
• November 7
  • Nasirdin Isanov, 1stPrime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (d.1991)
  • Boris Gromov, 2ndGovernor of Moscow Oblast
• December 20 —Otto Barch, Kyrgyz Olympic racewalker

• January 3 —Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, Azerbaijani statesman (b.1887)
• January 4 —Marina Raskova, navigator (b.1912)
• January 26 —Nikolai Vavilov, botanist and geneticist (b.1887)
• January 29 —Vladimir Kokovtsov, 4thPrime Minister of Russia (b.1853)
• February 9 —Dmitry Kardovsky, painter and illustrator (b.1866)
• February 23 —Grigory Kravchenko, test pilot and air force general (b.1912)
• March 11 —Leonid Khrushchev, fighter pilot and son ofNikita Khrushchev (b.1917)
• March 31 —Pavel Milyukov, historian and liberal politician (b.1859)
• April 14 —Yakov Dzhugashvili, eldest son ofJoseph Stalin (b.1907)
• April 25 —Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, theatre director, writer, pedagogue, playwright, producer and theatre administrator (b.1858)
• May 2 —Konstantin Pamfilov, statesman (b.1901)
• May 19 —Kristjan Raud, painter and drawer (b.1865)
• May 24 —Johannes Orasmaa, Estonian general (b.1890)
• July 14 —Mariya Borovichenko, medical officer (b.1925)
• August 5 —Iosif Apanasenko, commander (b.1890)
• November 5 —Samad Abdullayev, army officer (b.1920)
• November 28 —Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician (b.1881)
• December 4 —Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, revolutionary, functionary, journalist and historian (b.1878)

• 1943 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
• List of Soviet films of 1943

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