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10 Notable deaths
 in Moscow

Lina Stern

Soviet biochemist, physiologist and humanist (1875-1968).

Born July 26th, 1878 in Kaunas.

Died March 7th, 1968 at 89 years old in Moscow.

George de Roerich

Russian tibetologist (1902–1960).

Born August 16th, 1902 in Okulovka (town), Novgorod Oblast.

Died May 21st, 1960 at 57 years old in Moscow.

Vasil Mzhavanadze

First secretary of the communist party of the georgian ssr (1902-1988).

Born September 20th, 1902 in Kutaisi.

Died August 31st, 1988 at 85 years old in Moscow.

Mikhail Pervukhin

First vice-premier of the soviet union (1904-1978).

Born October 14th, 1904 in Yuryuzan.

Died July 22nd, 1978 at 73 years old in Moscow.

Lev Karakhan

Soviet diplomat (1889-1937).

Born February 1st, 1889 in Tbilisi.

Died September 20th, 1937 at 48 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).

Savva Mamontov

Russian businessman.

Born October 15th, 1841 in Yalutorovsk.

Died April 6th, 1918 at 76 years old in Moscow.

Vladimir Kara-Murza

Russian journalist (1959-2019).

Born October 24th, 1959 in Moscow.

Died July 28th, 2019 at 59 years old in Moscow (thromboembolism). [ref]

Nikolai Shvernik

Soviet politician, chairman of the presidium of the supreme soviet (1888–1970).

Born May 19th, 1888 in Saint Petersburg.

Died December 24th, 1970 at 82 years old in Moscow.

Yury Drozdov

Belarusian military personnel (1925–2017).

Born September 19th, 1925 in Minsk.

Died June 21st, 2017 at 91 years old in Moscow.

Larisa Reisner

Russian writer, editor (1895–1926).

Born May 14th, 1895 in Lublin. [ref]

Died February 9th, 1926 at 30 years old in Moscow (typhoid fever). [ref]

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