← 1946 1945 1944 1947 in the Soviet Union → 1948 1949 1950
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	History of the Soviet Union List of years in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1947 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 – Nikolay Shvernik
• Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin

Births

• January 8 – Igor Ivanov, Russian-born Canadian grandmaster (died 2005)
• February 19 – Lev Rubinstein, Russian poet and social activist (died 2024)
• February 21 – Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (died 2006)
• October 12 – Zukhra Valeeva, Russian master builder

Deaths

• August 9 – Seraphima Blonskaya