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10 Notable deaths
in Moscow
Trofim Lysenko
Soviet agronomist and biologist (1898-1976).
Born September 29th, 1898 in Karlivka.
Died November 20th, 1976 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Grigory Zinoviev
Ukrainian revolutionary (1883-1936).
Born September 23rd, 1883 in Kropyvnytskyi.
Died August 25th, 1936 at 52 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Aram Khachaturian
Soviet armenian composer (1903–1978).
Born June 6th, 1903 in Tbilisi, Kojori.
Died May 1st, 1978 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Alexei Kosygin
Soviet politician (1904-1980).
Born February 21st, 1904 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 18th, 1980 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Yakov Yurovsky
Chief executioner of tsar nicholas ii (1878–1938).
Born June 19th, 1878 in Kuybyshev.
Died August 2nd, 1938 at 60 years old in Moscow (peptic ulcer disease).
Anastas Mikoyan
Soviet revolutionary and statesman (1895–1978).
Born November 25th, 1895 in Sanahin.
Died October 21st, 1978 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Leonid Toptunov
Soviet engineer.
Born August 16th, 1960 in Buryn Raion, Mikolayivka.
Died May 14th, 1986 at 25 years old in Moscow (radiation syndrome).
George Blake
British spy, a double agent in the service of the soviet union.
Born November 11th, 1922 in Rotterdam.
Died December 26th, 2020 at 98 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya
Russian-born australian pair skater.
Born January 1st, 2000 in Moscow. [ref]
Died July 18th, 2020 at 20 years old in Moscow (blunt trauma). [ref]
Donald Maclean
British diplomat and spy (1913–1983).
Born May 25th, 1913 in London.
Died March 11th, 1983 at 69 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
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