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2,147 Notable deaths
 in Moscow

Gleb Krzhizhanovsky

Soviet economist (1872-1959).

Born January 24th, 1872 in Samara.

Died March 31st, 1959 at 87 years old in Moscow.

Valentin Kataev

Soviet writer, playwright, screenwriter, poet (1897–1986).

Born January 28th, 1897 in Odesa.

Died April 12th, 1986 at 89 years old in Moscow.

Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya

Soviet and russian actress (1964–2025).

Born December 26th, 1964 in Moscow.

Died January 10th, 2025 at 60 years old in Moscow (heart failure, stomach cancer). [ref]

Sergei Yursky

Soviet and russian stage and film actor, theatre director and screenwriter (1935-2019).

Born March 16th, 1935 in Saint Petersburg.

Died February 8th, 2019 at 83 years old in Moscow (cardiac arrest). [ref]

Levon Mirzoyan

Soviet politician (1897-1939).

Born November 30th, 1897 in Heşan.

Died February 26th, 1939 at 41 years old in Moscow.

Leonid Bronevoy

Soviet and russian actor (1928-2017).

Born December 17th, 1928 in Kyiv.

Died December 9th, 2017 at 88 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Savva Mamontov

Russian businessman.

Born October 15th, 1841 in Yalutorovsk.

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

Moisei Ginzburg

Russian architect, soviet writer (1892–1946).

Born June 4th, 1892 in Minsk. [ref]

Died January 7th, 1946 at 53 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Ilya Ilf

Soviet writer and journalist (1897–1937).

Born October 3rd, 1897 in Odesa.

Died April 13th, 1937 at 39 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).

Zhanna Prokhorenko

Soviet and russian actress (1940-2011).

Born May 11th, 1940 in Poltava.

Died August 1st, 2011 at 71 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]

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