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620 Notable deaths
in Saint Petersburg
Ivan Goncharov
Russian novelist and official (1812–1891).
Born June 6th, 1812 in Ulyanovsk.
Died September 27th, 1891 at 79 years old in Saint Petersburg (pneumonia).
Daniil Kharms
Russian writer (1905–1942).
Born January 12th, 1906 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 2nd, 1942 at 36 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Zhores Alferov
Soviet-russian physicist (1930–2019).
Born March 15th, 1930 in Vitebsk.
Died March 1st, 2019 at 88 years old in Saint Petersburg (malignant hypertension). [ref]
Vladlen Tatarsky
Russian military blogger and propagandist (1982-2023).
Born April 25th, 1982 in Makiivka.
Died April 2nd, 2023 at 40 years old in Saint Petersburg (bomb attack). [ref]
Nikolai Leskov
Russian writer (1831–1895).
Born February 16th, 1831.
Died March 5th, 1895 at 64 years old in Saint Petersburg (asthma).
Ivan Kramskoi
Russian artist (1837-1887).
Born June 8th, 1837 in Ostrogozhsk.
Died April 5th, 1887 at 49 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Arkhip Kuindzhi
Greek painter (1842-1910).
Born January 27th, 1841 in Mariupol uyezd.
Died July 24th, 1910 at 69 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Mark Taimanov
Soviet chess player (1926–2016).
Born February 7th, 1926 in Kharkiv.
Died November 28th, 2016 at 90 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Nicholas Golitsyn
Russian noble (1850-1925).
Born April 12th, 1850 in Moscow Governorate.
Died July 2nd, 1925 at 75 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Vissarion Belinsky
Russian literary critic.
Born June 11th, 1811 in Suomenlinna.
Died June 7th, 1848 at 36 years old in Saint Petersburg (tuberculosis).
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