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1,914 Notable deaths
in Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Leader of the soviet union from 1953 to 1964.
Born April 15th, 1894 in Kalinovka, Kursk Oblast.
Died September 11th, 1971 at 77 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Boris Yeltsin
Soviet and russian politician, 1st president of russia (1931–2007).
Born February 1st, 1931 in Butka. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 2007 at 76 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Lavrentiy Beria
Georgian soviet politician and nkvd police chief (1899-1953).
Born March 29th, 1899 in Merkheuli. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1953 at 54 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Georgy Zhukov
Marshal of the soviet union (1896-1974).
Born December 2nd, 1896 in Strelkovka.
Died June 18th, 1974 at 77 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Valery Legasov
Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the chernobyl disaster (1936-1988).
Born September 1st, 1936 in Tula.
Died April 27th, 1988 at 51 years old in Moscow (hanging).
Yuri Andropov
General secretary of the communist party of the soviet union (1914-1984).
Born June 15th, 1914 in Soluno-Dmitriyevskoye.
Died February 9th, 1984 at 69 years old in Moscow (kidney failure). [ref]
Vyacheslav Molotov
Soviet politician and minister of foreign affairs (1890–1986).
Born March 9th, 1890 in Sovetsk. [ref]
Died November 8th, 1986 at 96 years old in Moscow (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Kim Philby
Kgb mole for the soviet union (1912–1988).
Born January 1st, 1912 in Ambala.
Died May 11th, 1988 at 76 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008).
Born December 11th, 1918 in Kislovodsk. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 2008 at 89 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Georgy Malenkov
Soviet politician (1902–1988).
Born January 8th, 1902 in Orenburg.
Died January 14th, 1988 at 86 years old in Moscow.
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