1948 in the Soviet Union

← 1947 1946 1945 1948 in the Soviet Union → 1949 1950 1951
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1948 Timeline of Soviet history

The following lists events that happened during 1948 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Events

• Joseph Stalin sends the first advisers to China in an effort to repair the economic damaged brought on by years of civil war.^[1]

• At the request of Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin Sent railroad construction expert, I.V. Kovalev and a team of 300 engineers and laborers to repair deteriorated or destroyed Manchurian railways.^[2]

• March 10 - Extreme restrictions are placed on German traffic from the Soviet Zone into Berlin.^[3]

• June 24 - The Soviets implement a total blockade of all ground and water transport into or out of Berlin. The blockade will last nearly a full year, ending May 12, 1949.^[4]

Deaths

• Boris Fomin.

References

1. Kaple, Deborah. "Soviet and Chinese Comrades Look Back at the Friendship Decade." Modern Chinese Studies 22.1 (2014): 45-69. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
2. Kaple, Deborah. "Soviet and Chinese Comrades Look Back at the Friendship Decade." Modern Chinese Studies 22.1 (2014): 45-69. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
3. Pennacchio, Charles F. "The East German Communists and the Origins of the Berlin Blockade Crisis." East European Quarterly 29.3 (1995): 293-315. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.
4. Pennacchio, Charles F. "The East German Communists and the Origins of the Berlin Blockade Crisis." East European Quarterly 29.3 (1995): 293-315. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.