Михаил Ильич Смирнов
1895–1974 (age 79)
Biography
Mikhail Ilyich Smirnov (1895–1974) was a Russian whose long life encompassed nearly eight decades of the twentieth century. Born in the final years of the Russian Empire, he lived through revolution, war, and the development of the Soviet state.
Smirnov's final resting place at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow attests to his place in Russian cultural memory. His death in 1974 marked the end of a life lived through one of history's most transformative periods.