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See also:	History of the Soviet Union List of years in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during1989 in theUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics.

• General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union —Mikhail Gorbachev
• Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union — Mikhail Gorbachev
• Premier of the Soviet Union —Nikolai Ryzhkov

Whole Year:Revolutions of 1989

• January to February 15 —Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.^[1]
• February 6 — Negotiations between the Polish government and the union ‘Solidarity’ opened.
• February 24 —Singing Revolution: After 44 years, theEstonian flag is raised atPikk Hermann tower inTallinn.^[2]
• March 9 —Revolutions of 1989: The Soviet Union submits to the jurisdiction of theWorld Court.^[3]
• March 16 — TheCentral Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union approves agricultural reforms allowing farmers the right to lease state-owned farms for life.^[4]
• March 26 —1989 Soviet Union legislative election: first contested elections in Soviet History.^[5]
• April 7 — TheSoviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets sinks in theBarents Sea, killing 41.^[6]
• April 9 —April 9 tragedy; a pro-independence demonstration inTbilisi was put down by Soviet authorities, resulting in the deaths of 21 people.^[7]
• May 3 — The firstMcDonald's restaurant in theSoviet Union begins construction inMoscow.
• May 14 —Mikhail Gorbachev visitsChina, ending theSino-Soviet split.^[8]
• May 18 —Lithuania declares sovereignty over all of its territory.
• May 25 — Gorbachev becomes Chairman of theSupreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
• June 4 —Ufa train disaster, a gas pipe explosion kills hundreds.^[9]
• July 10 — 300,000Siberian coal miners go onstrike, demanding better living conditions and less bureaucracy.^[10]
• July 17 —1989 Soviet miners' strike: The strike spreads to Ukraine.^[11]
• August 8 — TheMinistry of Gas Industry changesGazprom, an energy production and sales organization to astate-run enterprise.
• August 23 — Two million people inEstonia,Latvia and Lithuania join hands to form theBaltic Way in theSinging Revolution.
• September 14 — An agreement of co-operation betweenLeningrad Oblast of the Soviet Union andNordland County ofNorway was signed inLeningrad.
• September 24 — Lithuania declares1940 annexation by the Soviet Union to be null and void.^[12]
• October 9 —Voronezh UFO incident^[13]
• November 9 — Soviet power in Eastern Europe collapses with theFall of the Berlin Wall.^[14]
• November 28 —Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces the end of its monopoly of power, in theVelvet Revolution.
• December 1 — In a meeting withPope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev pledges greater religious freedom forSoviet citizens.^[15]
• December 7 — The Lithuanian parliament announces the end of the political monopoly of theCommunist Party of Lithuania, in the Singing Revolution.
• December 25 — Romanian leaderNicolae Ceaușescu and his wife are captured and executed in theRomanian revolution.

• January 14 —Inna Afinogenova, journalist
• January 23 —Arzu Aliyeva, Azerbaijani public figure who is the younger daughter ofIlham Aliyev
• January 31 —Rafael Akhmetov, Russian ice hockey player
• February 12 —Rauf Aliyev, Azerbaijani international footballer
• February 14 —Bobirjon Akbarov, Uzbekistani footballer
• February 17 —Azat Bayryev, football player
• February 28 —Tigean Avinyan, 60thMayor of Yerevan
• April 6 —Ulugbek Alimov, Uzbekistani weightlifter
• May 13 —Roman Amirkhanov, Russian professional footballer
• May 26 —Tulabek Akramov, Uzbekistani sports administrator
• July 3 —Ilya Antonovsky, Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• July 4 —Vyacheslav Andryushchenko, Belarusian ice hockey player
• June 12 —Kirill Akilov, Russian football player
• July 13 —Shamil Alimagomayev, Russian football midfielder
• July 18 —Semyon Antonov, Russian professional basketball player
• July 19 —Sergei Andronov, Russian professional ice hockey player
• July 21 —Sana Anarkulova, Kazakhstani volleyball player
• September 1 —Rahid Amirguliyev, Azerbaijani footballer
• September 5 —Kachorovska Alina, Ukrainian designer of shoes and accessories
• September 21 —Astemir Apanasov,Circassian singer
• October 1 —Stanislav Aseyev, Ukrainian writer and journalist
• October 9 —Georgy Alburov, Russian political and social activist, journalist and blogger
• October 17 —Vyacheslav Akimov, Ukrainian football midfielder
• October 21 —Oleg Akkuratov, Russian pianist, jazz improviser and singer
• October 28 —Alan Alborov, Russian professional football player
• November 5 —Zhannat Aitenova, Kazakhstani handball player
• November 14 —Hasan Aliyev, Azerbaijani World and European champion Greco-Roman wrestler
• November 29 —Natalya Asanova, Uzbekistani athlete
• December 3 —Vladislavs Agurjanovs, Latvian professional table tennis player

• January 3 —Sergei Sobolev, mathematician (b.1908)
• January 10 —Valentin Glushko, engineer, program manager of the Soviet space program (b.1908)
• January 24 —Sasha Putrya, Ukrainian artist (b.1977)
• January 27 —Vasily Konovalenko, artist (b.1929)

• February 2 —Yuri Bogatyryov, actor (b.1947)
• February 7 —Simon Virsaladze, ballet, film and opera designer (b.1909)
• February 20 —Aleksandr Medvedkin, film director (b.1900)
• February 21 —Otar Taktakishvili, Georgian composer and conductor (b.1924)

• March 3 —Vytautas Viciulis, Lithuanian painter (b.1951)
• March 4 —Victor Nikiforov, ice hockey player and Olympic gold medalist (b.1931)
• March 8 —Elisaveta Bykova, chess player and dualWomen's World Chess Champion (b.1913)
• March 26 —Maris Liepa, Latvian ballet dancer (b.1936)
• March 29 —Aleksandr Prokopenko, football player (b.1953)

• April 10 —Nikolai Grinko, actor (b.1920)
• April 20 —Johan Eichfeld, biologist and politician (b.1893)
• April 22 —Dmitry Selivanov, rock singer (b.1964)

• May 2 —Veniamin Kaverin, writer and dramatist (b.1902)
• May 4 —Lydia Pasternak Slater, research chemist and poet (b.1902)
• May 8 —Hendrik Allik, Estonian politician (b.1901)
• May 14 —Nikifor Kalchenko, politician (b.1906)
• May 23 —Georgy Tovstonogov, theatre director (b.1915)
• May 27 —Arseny Tarkovsky, poet and translator (b.1907)

• June 9
  • Rashid Behbudov, singer and actor (b.1915)
  • Vladimir Kasatonov, military leader and fleet admiral (b.1910)
  • Piotr Vasiliev, realist painter (b.1909)
• June 10 —Suleyman Rustam, poet, playwright and translator (b.1906)
• June 13 —Eduard Päll, politician, linguist and writer (b.1903)
• June 19
  • Betti Alver, Estonian poet (b.1906)
  • Yevgeny Kabanov, Naval Aviation major general (b.1918)
  • Andrey Prokofyev, sprinter and Olympic gold medalist (b.1959)
• June 21 —Aleksandr Safronov, speed skater and Olympian (b.1952)
• June 22 —Glenn Michael Souther, American sailor who turnedSovietintelligence officer (b.1957)
• June 30 —Rostislav Plyatt, stage and film actor (b.1908)

• July 1 —Victor Nekipelov, poet and writer (b.1928)
• July 2 —Andrei Gromyko, politician and diplomat, 9thChairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (b.1909)
• July 4 —Leyla Mammadbeyova, firstAzerbaijani female aviator (b.1909)

• August 25 —Yan Frankel, composer and performer (b.1920)

• September 7 —Valery Goborov, basketball player and Olympic gold medalist (b.1966)

• October 13 —Merab Kostava, Georgian dissident, musician and poet (b.1939)
• October 14 —Klavdiya Mayuchaya, javelin thrower and European champion (b.1918)
• October 15 —Tadevos Hakobyan, Armenian historian and geographer (b.1917)
• October 17 —Mark Krein, mathematician (b.1907)
• October 28 —Yuliya Solntseva, actress and film director (b.1901)

• November 1 —Nurtas Undasynov, 3rdChairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (b.1904)
• November 7 —Andrey Borovykh, World War II flying ace and twice Hero of the Soviet Union (b.1921)
• November 14 —Samand Siabandov, writer, soldier and politician (b.1909)
• November 22 —Shamil Serikov, wrestler and Olympic gold medalist (b.1956)
• November 28 —Georgy Ilivitsky, chess master (b.1921)
• November 29 —Natan Eidelman, author and historian (b.1930)

• December 1 —Nikolai Patolichev, 11thMinister of Foreign Trade of the Soviet Union (b.1908)
• December 3 —Alexander Obukhov, physicist and applied mathematician (b.1918)
• December 5 —Sofiya Kalistratova, lawyer and human rights activist (b.1907)
• December 7 —Vadim Spiridonov, film actor and director (b.1944)
• December 8 —Mykola Livytskyi, Ukrainian politician, prime minister and president of theUkrainian People's Republic in-exile (b.1907)
• December 14
  • Ants Eskola, actor (b.1908)
  • Andrei Sakharov, nuclear physicist, dissident, human rights activist and Nobel laureate in Physics, dilated cardiomyopathy (b.1921)
• December 19 —Kirill Mazurov, 14thFirst Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (b.1914)
• December 28 —Pavel Kurochkin, army general (b.1900)

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