1930 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1930 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets – Mikhail Kalinin Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Alexei Rykov (until 19 December), Vyacheslav Molotov (starting 19 December) Events June 26 June – 13 July – 16th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). November 25 November – 7 December – The Industrial Party Trial is held. Births 9 January Pavel Kolchin, cross-country skier (d. 2010) Igor Netto, footballer 14 January – Khoshbakht Yusifzadeh, Azerbaijani scientist and businessman (d. 2023) 26 February – Vladimir Kesarev, footballer 15 March – Mariya Orlyk, teacher and politician 10 April – Vladimir Yerokhin, footballer (d. 1996) 16 April – Fyodor Bogdanovsky, Olympic weightlifter 19 May – Leonid Kharitonov, actor 29 June – Anatoli Maslyonkin, footballer 10 July – Dmitry Oboznenko, painter 21 September – Sergei Popov, Olympic athlete 7 October – Yuri Dubinin, diplomat (d. 2013) 21 October – Ivan Silayev, politician (d. 2023) 29 December – Vladimir Ryzhkin, footballer 31 December – Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov, actor