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1,916 Notable deaths
 in Moscow

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.

Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia

Daughter of george i of greece and olga constantinovna of russia; wife of grand duke paul alexandrovich of russia.

Born August 30th, 1870 in Corfu.

Died September 24th, 1891 at 21 years old in Moscow (puerperal disorders).

Deaths 171 to 180 of 1916

 

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