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1,916 Notable deaths
in Moscow
Artem Mikoyan
Soviet aircraft designer (1905-1970).
Born August 5th, 1905 in Sanahin.
Died December 9th, 1970 at 65 years old in Moscow.
Emil Gilels
Soviet pianist (1916-1985).
Born October 19th, 1916 in Odesa.
Died October 14th, 1985 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky
Ukrainian and soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology.
Born March 12th, 1863 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1945 at 81 years old in Moscow (stroke). [ref]
Mykola Pidhornyi
Soviet politician (1903-1983).
Born February 18th, 1903 in Karlivka.
Died January 11th, 1983 at 79 years old in Moscow.
Yuri Brezhnev
Soviet politician (1933-2013).
Born March 31st, 1933 in Kamianske.
Died August 3rd, 2013 at 80 years old in Moscow (brain cancer). [ref]
Valentin Bondarenko
Soviet cosmonaut (1937–1961).
Born February 16th, 1937 in Kharkiv.
Died March 23rd, 1961 at 24 years old in Moscow.
Dmitry Kovtun
Former russian intelligence agent (1965–2022).
Born September 25th, 1965 in Moscow. [ref]
Died June 4th, 2022 at 56 years old in Moscow (COVID-19). [ref]
Pavel Sudoplatov
Soviet spy.
Born July 20th, 1907 in Melitopol.
Died September 24th, 1996 at 89 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
American politician (1890-1964).
Born August 7th, 1890 in Concord.
Died September 5th, 1964 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Boris Shaposhnikov
Marshal of the soviet union (1882-1945).
Born October 2nd, 1882 in Zlatoust.
Died March 26th, 1945 at 62 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Deaths 151 to 160 of 1916
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