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List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1944 in the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics .
Incumbents
Events
January 14 – WWII: Soviet troops start the offensive at
Leningrad and
Novgorod .
January 17 – WWII: Soviet Union ceases production of the
Mosin–Nagant 1891/30
sniper rifle .
January 29 – WWII:
Koniuchy massacre :
Soviet and
Jewish partisans kill at least 38 villagers in Koniuchy, Poland (modern-day
Kaniūkai ,
Lithuania ).
March 6 – WWII: Soviet Army planes attack
Narva ,
Estonia , destroying almost the entire baroque old town.
March 9 – WWII: Soviet Army planes
attack
Tallinn ,
Estonia , killing 757 and leaving 25,000 homeless.
March 15 – Soviet Union introduces
new anthem , replacing
The Internationale .
May 9 – WWII: In the Russian city of
Sevastopol , Soviet troops completely drive out German forces.
May 12 – WWII: Soviet troops finalize the liberation of the
Crimea .
May 18 – WWII:
Deportation of the Crimean Tatars by the government of the
Soviet Union .
[1]
June 9 – WWII: Soviet leader
Joseph Stalin launches the
Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive against Finland, with the intent of defeating Finland before pushing for Berlin.
[2]
June 22 – WWII:
Operation Bagration : A general attack by Soviet forces clears the German forces from
Belarus , resulting in the destruction of German
Army Group Centre , possibly the greatest defeat of the
Wehrmacht during WWII.
June 25 – WWII: The
Battle of Tali-Ihantala (the largest battle ever in the
Nordic countries ) begins between Finnish and Soviet troops. Finland is able to resist the attack and thus manages to remain an independent nation.
[3]
July 3 – WWII: Soviet troops liberate
Minsk .
July 10 – WWII: Soviet troops begin operations to liberate the
Baltic countries .
September 5 – WWII: The Soviet Union declares war on
Bulgaria .
September 6 – WWII:
Tartu Offensive in Estonia concludes with Soviet forces capturing
Tartu .
September 19 – WWII: An armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, ending the
Continuation War .
September 22 – WWII: The
Red Army captures
Tallinn , Estonia.
October 9 – WWII: Fourth
Moscow Conference : British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier
Joseph Stalin begin a 9-day conference in Moscow to discuss the future of Europe.
December 14 – Soviet government changes Turkish place names to Russian in the
Crimea .
December 18 –
Joseph Stalin celebrates his 66th birthday.
Deaths
See also
References
^ Williams, Brian Glyn (November 10, 2015).
The Crimean Tatars: From Soviet Genocide to Putin's Conquest . Oxford University Press.
ISBN
978-0-19-049472-8 .
^ Nenye, Vesa; Munter, Peter; Wirtanen, Toni; Birks, Chris (2016).
Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941-45 . Osprey Publishing. p. 270.
ISBN
978-1472815262 .
^ Koskimaa, Matti (1993). Veitsenterällä : vetäytyminen Länsi-Kannakselta ja Talin-Ihantalan suurtaistelu kesällä 1944 . WSOY.
ISBN
951-0-18811-5 .
^ Düchting, Hajo; Kandinsky, Wassily (2000).
Wassily Kandinsky, 1866-1944: A Revolution in Painting . Taschen. p. 88.
ISBN
978-3-8228-5982-7 .
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