1948 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1948 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 == Events == Joseph Stalin sends the first advisers to China in an effort to repair the economic damage brought on by years of civil war.