1945 in the Soviet Union

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

  Events

Deaths

• 21 January – Joachim von Busse, World War I flying ace
• 3 March – Karl Thom, World War I German flying ace