Deaths in...
1,916 Notable deaths
in Moscow
Aram Khachaturian
Armenian soviet composer and conductor (1903–1978).
Born June 6th, 1903 in Kojori, Tbilisi. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1978 at 74 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).
Trofim Lysenko
Soviet agronomist and biologist (1898-1976).
Born September 29th, 1898 in Karlivka.
Died November 20th, 1976 at 78 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 (ulcer).
Anastas Mikoyan
Soviet revolutionary and statesman (1895–1978).
Born November 25th, 1895 in Sanahin.
Died October 21st, 1978 at 82 years old in Moscow.
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]
Sidney Reilly
Russian-born spy.
Born March 24th, 1873 in Kherson.
Died November 5th, 1925 at 52 years old in Moscow (execution).
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian grand duke (1857-1905).
Born May 11th, 1857 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died February 17th, 1905 at 47 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 51 to 60 of 1916
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo