1927 in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1927 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Decades:

Incumbents

12 May â During the Arcos Affair, British police officers raid the headquarters of ARCOS in London.

14 January â Ivan Kalita, Olympic equestrian
16 March â Vladimir Komarov, test pilot and cosmonaut
23 March â Aleksandr Tarasov, Soviet Olympic modern pentathlete
31 March â Vladimir Ilyushin, test pilot
10 April â Alexey Ekimyan, Armenian-Russian composer
20 April â Mirian Tsalkalamanidze, Olympic wrestler
15 May â Leila Mardanshina, oil and gas operator (died 2017)
16 May â Boris Tokarev, Olympic athlete
28 May â Aleksandr Moiseyev, Olympic basketball player
3 June â Evgeny Chuprun, painter
12 June â Timir Pinegin, Olympic sailor (died 2013)
23 June
- Leonid Bogdanov, Soviet Olympic fencer
- Galina Rumiantseva, painter
26 June â Ben Turok, Belarus-born South African anti-apartheid activist, professor and politician (d. 2019)
28 June â Boris Shilkov, Olympic speed skater
23 July â Dmitry Buchkin, Soviet painter
22 August â Aleksandr Tenyagin, football player and manager (died 2008)
24 August â Levko Lukyanenko, Ukrainian politician (died 2018)
15 September â Boris Gostev, Soviet Minister of Finance
1 October â Oleg Yefremov, actor
27 October â Mikhail Postnikov, mathematician
28 October â Roza Makagonova, actress (died 1995)
7 November â Piotr Litvinsky, painter
12 November â Pavel Kharin, Olympic canoeist
16 November â Inna Solovyova theatre and film critic (died 2024)
6 December â Vladimir Naumov, film director
8 December â Vladimir Shatalov, Soyuz cosmonaut
14 December â Nikolay Tatarinov, Olympic modern pentathlete