1965 in the Soviet Union

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

The following lists events that happened during 1965 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents

Anastas Mikoyan (Until 9 December 1965)

Nikolai Podgorny (Starting 9 December 1965)

6 February - Premier Alexei Kosygin visits Hanoi as a member of a diplomatic mission to announce further military aid for North Vietnam.

18 March - Alexei Leonov aboard the Voskhod 2 becomes the first person to conduct a spacewalk, lasting 12 minutes.^[1]^[2]

24 April - The 1965 Yerevan Demonstrations took in honor 50th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, seeking further recognition.^[3]

The Central Committee ratifies the 1965 Soviet Economic Reform (sometimes called the Kosygin Reform).^[4]

^ Burgess, Colin; Hall, Rex (2009). The first Soviet cosmonaut team their lives, legacy, and historical impact (Online-Ausg. ed.). Berlin: Springer. p. 252. ISBN 978-0387848242. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
^ Grayzeck, Dr. Edwin J. "Voskhod 2". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. National Space Science Data Center. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ Lindy, Jacob D. (2001). Beyond invisible walls: the psychological legacy of Soviet trauma, East European therapists and their patients. New York: Brunner-Routledge. p. 192. ISBN 9781583913185.
^ Bland, W. B. (1980). The Restoration of Capitalism in the Soviet Union (PDF) (1st ed.). Wembley: Selecteditions.

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