Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
Deaths in...
1,748 Notable deaths
in Moscow
Anna Politkovskaya
Russian journalist (1958-2006).
Born August 30th, 1958 in New York City. [ref]
Died October 7th, 2006 at 48 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Andrei Sakharov
Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist.
Born May 21st, 1921 in Moscow. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1989 at 68 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Boris Nemtsov
Russian scientist, statesman and liberal politician (1959-2015).
Born October 9th, 1959 in Sochi.
Died February 27th, 2015 at 55 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Lev Landau
Soviet physicist.
Born January 22nd, 1908 in Baku. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1968 at 60 years old in Moscow (intestinal disease). [ref]
Mikhail Bulgakov
Russian-ukrainian author.
Born May 15th, 1891 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1940 at 48 years old in Moscow (kidney failure). [ref]
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet politician (1895-1975).
Born June 11th, 1895 in Nizhny Novgorod. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1975 at 79 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Guy Burgess
British-born radio producer, intelligence and foreign office officer and double agent.
Born April 16th, 1911 in Devonport.
Died August 30th, 1963 at 52 years old in Moscow (liver disease). [ref]
Felix Dzerzhinsky
Bolshevik revolutionary and founder of the first soviet secret police organs (1877-1926).
Born September 11th, 1877 in Dzerzhinovo.
Died July 20th, 1926 at 48 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Genrikh Yagoda
Russian secret police official (1891-1938).
Born November 19th, 1891 in Rybinsk.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 46 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Vasily Ignatenko
Soviet firefighter who responded to the chernobyl disaster.
Born March 13th, 1961 in Spiaryžža.
Died May 13th, 1986 at 25 years old in Moscow (radiation syndrome).
Deaths 31 to 40 of 1748
Want more? View other places of notable deaths.
Anything I’ve done that was ultimately worthwhile initially scared me to death. Betty Bender