1938 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1938 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.Incumbents
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Kalinin
- Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Vyacheslav Molotov
Events
- March – Trial of the Twenty-One
- July 29-August 11 – Battle of Lake Khasan
Births
- January 18 – Stepan Topal, Moldovan politician
- February 24 – Emma Gapchenko, archer
- June 24 – Boris Lagutin, boxer
- July 9 – Liya Akhedzhakova, Russian actress
- July 10 – Vera Shebeko, Russian anchorwoman
- July 14 – Lillian Malkina, Russian actress
- July 18 – Valery Kerdemelidi, Russian artistic gymnast
- July 21 – Vladimir Radionov, Russian football player, coach and official
- July 22 – Mark Rakita, Soviet-era Russian sabreur and coach
- November 11 – Ants Antson, Estonian speed skater
Deaths
- March 15 – Nikolai Bukharin, Alexei Rykov, Nikolay Krestinsky, Genrikh Yagoda, Arkady Rosengolts, Vladimir Ivanovich Ivanov, Mikhail Alexandrovich Chernov, Hryhoriy Hrynko, Fayzulla Khodzhayev and Vasily Sharangovich
- June 20 – Nikolai Janson, Russian politician
- July 28 – Yakov Alksnis
- July 29 – Pavel Dybenko
- November 9 – Vasily Blyukher
