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| 1954, Feb. 26 | |
| The government decreed a change in the status of the Crimea, making it a part of the Soviet Ukraine. | 1 |
| May 3 | |
| The government, with one reservation, ratified the Genocide Convention (adopted by the UN General Assembly, Dec. 9, 1948), making illegal the destruction of religious, racial, ethnic, or national groups. | 2 |
| June 27 | |
| The world's first nuclear-generated power plant opened in Russia. | 3 |
| Nov. 22 | |
| Death of Andrei Y. Vishinsky, chief Soviet delegate to the UN. | 4 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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