1942 in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1942 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 – Joseph Stalin

Births

 * 7 January – Svetlana Savyolova, Russian actress
 * 27 April – Valeri Polyakov, Russian cosmonaut
 * 19 September – Indrek Toome, Estonian businessman and politician
 * 21 November - Liudmyla Sheremet, Ukrainian anesthesiologist

Deaths

 * 14 February – Matvey Kuzmin
 * 14 August – Sabina Spielrein