Deaths in...
1,748 Notable deaths
in Moscow
Béla Kun
Hungarian communist revolutionary and politician, the de facto leader of the hungarian soviet republic in 1919, people's commissar of foreign affairs.
Born February 20th, 1886 in Cehu Silvaniei. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1938 at 52 years old in Moscow (execution). [ref]
Dziga Vertov
Soviet documentary/avantgarde filmmaker (1896-1954).
Born January 2nd, 1896 in Białystok. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1954 at 58 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]
Vyacheslav Ivankov
Russian mob boss.
Born January 2nd, 1940 in Moscow.
Died October 9th, 2009 at 69 years old in Moscow (peritonitis). [ref]
Maria Yudina
Soviet pianist.
Born September 9th, 1899 in Nevel. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1970 at 71 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Vasily Grossman
Russian soviet writer and journalist (1905-1964).
Born December 12th, 1905 in Berdychiv. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1964 at 58 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer). [ref]
Nâzım Hikmet
Turkish communist poet, playwright and novelist (1902–1963).
Born January 15th, 1902 in Thessaloniki. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 1963 at 61 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Alexander Rodchenko
Russian artist, sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer.
Born December 5th, 1891 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1956 at 64 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Ivan Serov
Kgb officer (1905-1990).
Born August 25th, 1905 in Vologda.
Died July 1st, 1990 at 84 years old in Moscow.
Dmitry Yazov
Soviet minister of defence (1924-2020).
Born November 8th, 1924 in Yazovo.
Died February 25th, 2020 at 95 years old in Moscow. [ref]
William Dudley Haywood
Labor organizer (1869-1928).
Born February 4th, 1869 in Salt Lake City.
Died May 18th, 1928 at 59 years old in Moscow (stroke).
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid