← 1989 1988 1987 1990 in the Soviet Union → 1991 1992 1993
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	History of the Soviet Union List of years in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during1990 in theUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics.

• President of the Soviet Union –Mikhail Gorbachev
• General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union –Mikhail Gorbachev
• Chairmanof the Supreme Soviet –Mikhail Gorbachev (until 15 March),Anatoly Lukyanov (after 15 March)
• Vice President of the Soviet Union –Gennady Yanayev
• Premier of the Soviet Union –Nikolai Ryzhkov

• January 12 –Baku pogrom^[1]
• January 19–20 –Black January^[2]

• March 4 –1990 Russian Supreme Soviet election
• March 11 –Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania^[3]

• May 4 –Declaration "On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia"
• May 6 –Bridge of Flowers
• May 9 –1990 Moscow Victory Day Parade^[4]
• May 16 –Congress of People's Deputies of Russia is established
• May 30–31 –1990 Vrancea earthquakes

• June 1 –1990 Chemical Weapons Accord
• June 4–6 –Osh riots
• June 7–8 –1990 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
• June 12 –Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
• June 19 –Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is established

• Unknown date –Gazprombank was founded.^{[citation needed]}
• July 14 – The28th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is elected
• July 14 –Central Committee elected by the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• July 16 –Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine
• July 27 –Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic

• August 10 –Tbilisi–Agdam bus bombing
• August 30 – The500 Days program is established

• October 11 –Declaration of State Sovereignty of Bashkortostan
• October 17 –VTB Bank was founded.^{[citation needed]}
• October 24 –Soviet nuclear tests
• October 27 –Askar Akayev is elected as the 1stPresident of Kyrgyzstan^[5]
• October 27 – The first episode ofPole Chudes is presented

November 7 – The LastParade of The October Revolution takes onMoscow'sRed Square on 73th Anniversary of theBolsheviks Seizure of Power^[6]

• August 23 —Anton Tikhomirov, Russian professional ice hockey player^[7]
• September 19 —Evgeny Novikov, Russian rally driver

• January 2 —Leonhard Merzin, Estonian actor (b.1934)
• January 4 —Boris Nikolsky, physical chemist and radiochemist (b.1900)
• January 5 —Genrikh Sidorenkov, ice hockey player (b.1931)
• January 6 —Pavel Cherenkov, physicist (b.1904)
• January 19
  • Alexander Pechersky, soldier and humanitarian (b.1909)
  • Movses Gorgisyan, Armenian activist and politician (b.1961)
  • Maharram Seyidov, Azerbaijani soldier (b.1952)
• January 26 —Dodo Abashidze, actor and film director (b.1924)
• January 30 —Nina Niss-Goldman, painter, sculptor and teacher (b.1892)

• February 2 —Paul Ariste, linguist (b.1905)
• February 16 —Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, 14thFirst Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine (b.1918)
• February 22 —Evald Seepere, Estonian boxer (b.1911)
• February 23 —David Samoylov, poet (b.1920)

• March 4
  • Konstantin Kokkinaki, fighter and test pilot (b.1910)
  • Vasily Margelov, general (b.1908)
• March 7 —Shenork I Kaloustian of Constantinople, 82thArmenian Patriarch of Constantinople (b.1913)
• March 9 —George Costakis, collector of Russian art (b.1913)
• March 14 —Yuri Sokolov, Soviet Olympic judoka (1988) and criminal (b.1961)
• March 15 —Mykola Makhynia, football player and coach (b.1912)
• March 20 —Lev Yashin, footballer (b.1929)
• March 30 —Vladimir Stolnikov, boxer (b.1934)

• April 4
  • Leonid Dushkin, rocket engineer (b.1910)
  • Mark Fradkin, composer (b.1914)
• April 5 —Lev Skvirsky, lieutenant-general (b.1903)
• April 6 —Yevgeny Savitsky, fighter ace and air marshal (b.1910)
• April 19 —Sergey Filippov, actor and comedian (b.1912)
• April 24
  • Endel Pärn, actor and singer (b.1914)
  • Vladimir Saprykin, Red Army officer and war hero (b.1916)
• April 27 —Vladimir Kanygin, middleweight weightlifter (b.1948)
• April 30
  • Vasili Yermasov, football goalkeeper and manager (b.1913)
  • Mark Zborowski, anthropologist and spy (b.1908)

• May 3 —Pimen I of Moscow, 14thPatriarch of Moscow and all Rus' (b.1910)
• May 11 —Venedikt Yerofeyev, writer and dissident (b.1938)
• May 12 —Andrei Kirilenko, politician (b.1906)
• May 15
  • Porfiry Krylov, painter and graphic artist (b.1902)
  • Anna Schchian, botanist (b.1905)
• May 24 —Julijans Vaivods, Roman Catholic cardinal (b.1895)
• May 26 —Varlen Pen, painter (b.1916)
• May 28 —Inna Gulaya, actress (b.1940)

• June 1 —Natalia Tkachenko, painter (b.1908)
• June 4 —Yulian Bromley, anthropologist (b.1921)
• June 5 —Vasili Kuznetsov, politician (b.1901)
• June 6
  • Sobir Kamolov, 10thFirst Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbek SSR (b.1910)
  • Fyodor Remezov, general (b.1896)
• June 11 —Irakly Andronikov, literature historian and media personality (b.1908)
• June 14 —Ralf Liivar, Estonian football player (b.1903)
• June 17 —Aleksandrs Leimanis, film director (b.1913)
• June 19 —Aleksandr Goncharov, field hockey player and Olympian (b.1959)
• June 22
  • Marat Podoksin, painter (b.1930)
  • Ilya Frank, nuclear physicist (b.1908)
• June 25 —Yevgeniya Sechenova, sprinter (b.1918)
• June 28 —Borys Ivchenko, Ukrainian actor and film director (b.1941)

• July 1 –Ivan Serov, 1stChairman of the Committee for State Security (b.1905)
• July 4 —Pavel Utkin, painter (b.1920)
• July 10 –Sergei Rudenko, general (b.1904)
• July 12 –Savkuz Dzarasov, wrestler and Olympic medalist (b.1930)
• July 15
  • Oleg Kagan, violinist (b.1946)
  • Enn Roos, sculptor (b.1908)
• July 16
  • Mikhail Matusovsky, poet (b.1915)
  • Valentin Pikul, novelist (b.1928)
• July 17 –Lidiya Ginzburg, literary critic (b.1902)
• July 19
  • Georgi Burkov, actor (b.1933)
  • Gusman Kosanov, Olympic sprinter (b.1935)
• July 20 –Sergei Parajanov, filmmaker (b.1924)
• July 22 –Eduard Streltsov, footballer (b.1937)

• August 2 —Vladilen Nikiforov, Soviet painter (b.1930)
• August 6 —Baqi Urmançe, painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (b.1897)
• August 15 —Viktor Tsoi, singer and songwriter (b.1962)
• August 22 –Boris Shcherbina, politician (b.1919)
• August 24 –Sergei Dovlatov, journalist and writer (b.1941)
• August 29 –Solomon Mikhlin, mathematician (b.1908)
• August 30 —Timofey Ksenofontov, Soviet painter
• August 31 –Sergey Volkov, figure skater and Olympian (b.1949)

• September 1 –Afanasy Beloborodov, general (b.1903)
• September 3
  • Slava Amiragov, Olympic rower (b.1926)
  • Eugene Martynov, singer (b.1948)
• September 8 –Boris Tenin, actor (b.1905)
• September 9
  • Alexander Men, theologian (b.1935)
  • Anatoly Sofronov, author and poet (b.1911)
  • Rimantas Stankevičius, cosmonaut and pilot (b.1944)
• September 14 –Leonid Ivanov, footballer (b.1921)
• September 15 –Valentin Filatyev, Soviet cosmonaut (b.1930)
• September 16 –Semyon Kurkotkin, general (b.1917)
• September 21 –Alexander Konstantinopolsky, chess player (b.1910)
• September 27 –Matvey Blanter, composer "Katyusha" (b.1903)

• October 4 –Sergey Lapin, diplomat (b.1912)
• October 9 –Boris Paichadze, footballer (b.1915)
• October 14 –Irina Odoyevtseva, poet, novelist and memoirist (b.1895)
• October 15 –Boris Piotrovsky, archaeologist (b.1908)
• October 18 –Pyotr Fedoseyev, philosopher and politician (b.1908)
• October 22 –Nikolai Rybnikov, film actor (b.1930)
• October 24 —Boris Maluev, Soviet painter and graphic artist (b.1929)
• October 25 –Zara Mints, literary scientist (b.1927)
• October 28
  • Aleksandra Chudina, track and field athlete and volleyball player (b.1923)
  • Kolau Nadiradze, poet (b.1895)
• October 29 –Aleksey Alelyukhin, flying ace (b.1920)

• November 3 –Nikolai Rakov, violinist (b.1908)
• November 5 –Suleiman Yudakov, composer (b.1916)
• November 7 —Stepan Privedentsev, painter (b.1916)
• November 14 –Leonid Trauberg, film director and screenwriter (b.1902)
• November 16 –Dmitri Skobeltsyn, physicist (b.1892)
• November 19 –Georgy Flyorov, Soviet nuclear physicist (b.1913)
• November 25 –Merab Mamardashvili, philosopher (b.1930)

• December 1 –Anton Kochinyan, 11thFirst Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia (b.1913)
• December 3 –Heino Mandri, film and stage actor (b.1922)
• December 8 –Boris Kochno, dancer, librettist and poet (b.1904)
• December 15 –Mikayil Jabrayilov, Azerbaijani soldier (b.1952)
• December 21 –Ivan Knunyants, chemist (b.1906)
• December 25
  • Vladimir Belousov, geologist (b.1907)
  • Alexander Luchinsky, general (b.1900)
• December 27 –Abulfat Aliyev, opera singer (b.1926)
• December 31 –Vasily Lazarev, cosmonaut (b.1928)

• 1990 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
• List of Soviet films of 1980-91

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