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1,914 Notable deaths
in Moscow
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]
Nadezhda Krupskaya
Russian revolutionary and politician (1869-1939).
Born February 26th, 1869 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died February 27th, 1939 at 70 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Alexei Rykov
Premier of russia and the soviet union (1881-1938).
Born February 25th, 1881 in Saratov.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 57 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Kliment Voroshilov
Soviet marshal and politician.
Born February 4th, 1881 in Verkhnee.
Died December 2nd, 1969 at 88 years old in Moscow.
Lazar Kaganovich
Soviet politician (1893–1991).
Born November 22nd, 1893 in Dibrova.
Died July 25th, 1991 at 97 years old in Moscow.
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Marshal of the soviet union (1893—1937).
Born February 16th, 1893.
Died June 12th, 1937 at 44 years old in Moscow.
Alexander Scriabin
Russian composer and pianist (1872–1915).
Born January 6th, 1872 in Moscow.
Died April 27th, 1915 at 43 years old in Moscow (sepsis).
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
Soviet politician (1875–1946).
Born November 19th, 1875 in Verkhnaya Troitsa.
Died June 3rd, 1946 at 70 years old in Moscow (colorectal cancer).
John Reed
American journalist, poet, and communist activist.
Born October 22nd, 1887 in Portland.
Died October 19th, 1920 at 32 years old in Moscow (scrub typhus).
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Russian and soviet poet (1893–1930).
Born July 19th, 1893 in Baghdati. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1930 at 36 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Deaths 41 to 50 of 1914
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