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1,924 Notable deaths
in Moscow
Dmitriy Ustinov
Soviet military commander and politician (1908-1984).
Born October 30th, 1908 in Samara.
Died December 20th, 1984 at 76 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Vadim Bakatin
Last chairman of the kgb (1937–2022).
Born November 6th, 1937 in Kiselyovsk.
Died July 31st, 2022 at 84 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Vladimir Ilyushin
Soviet and russian test pilot.
Born March 31st, 1927 in Moscow.
Died March 1st, 2010 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Sergey Golovkin
Soviet murderer (1959-1996).
Born November 26th, 1959 in Moscow.
Died August 2nd, 1996 at 36 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound, execution by shooting).
Viktor Shklovsky
Soviet jewish writer.
Born January 24th, 1893 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 6th, 1984 at 91 years old in Moscow.
Varlam Shalamov
Soviet writer, journalist, poet and gulag survivor.
Born June 18th, 1907 in Vologda. [ref]
Died January 17th, 1982 at 74 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Soviet-russian composer (1904-1986).
Born December 30th, 1904 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1987 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Andrei Platonov
Russian writer.
Born September 1st, 1899 in Voronezh. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1951 at 51 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis). [ref]
Nikolai Kardashev
Soviet and russian astronomer.
Born April 25th, 1932 in Moscow.
Died August 3rd, 2019 at 87 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Nikolai Kapustin
Soviet and russian composer and pianist (1937–2020).
Born November 22nd, 1937 in Horlivka.
Died July 2nd, 2020 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 171 to 180 of 1924
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