Deaths in the 1850s

Vasily Zhukovsky

1783–1852 (age 69)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852) was a preeminent Russian Romantic writer whose lyrical poetry and literary innovations pr...

Mikhail Glinka

1804–1857 (age 53)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Pavel Fedotov

1815–1852 (age 37)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Pavel Fedotov (1815–1852) was a pioneering Russian artist whose genre paintings offered incisive social commentary on ...

Maxim Vorobiev

1787–1855 (age 68)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Pyotr Ricord

1776–1855 (age 79)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Pyotr Ricord (1776–1855) was a Russian naval officer whose career spanned nearly eight decades of service to the Russi...

Alexander Alyabyev

1787–1851 (age 64)

Simonov Monastery

Бологовский, Дмитрий Николаевич

1780–1852 (age 72)

Simonov Monastery

Dmitriy Nikolayevich Bologovskiy (1780–1852) was a Russian military officer whose service extended through the Napoleo...

Aleksandr Zhiryayev

1815–1856 (age 41)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Mariya Dargomyzhskaya

1788–1851 (age 63)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Mariya Dargomyzhskaya (1788–1851) was a Russian writer whose literary works contributed to the intellectual life of ea...

Пётр Егорович Георгиевский

1791–1852 (age 61)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim

1771–1853 (age 82)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771–1853) was a prominent naturalist whose scientific contributions advanced the study...

Friedrich Joseph Haass

1780–1853 (age 73)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Alexander Sablukov

1783–1857 (age 74)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Alexander Sablukov (1783–1857) was a Russian military officer whose service extended through the Napoleonic era and th...

Aleksandr Averkiyev

1788–1858 (age 70)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Angiolina Bosio

1830–1859 (age 29)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Angiolina Bosio (1830–1859) was an internationally renowned opera singer whose exceptional talent made her one of the ...

Nikolai Nadezhdin

1804–1856 (age 52)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Gavriil Ignatyev

1768–1852 (age 84)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Gavriil Ignatyev (1768–1852) was a Russian military officer whose service extended through the Napoleonic era and the ...

Ivan Kupreyanov

1794–1857 (age 63)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Alexander Wassiljewitsch Wiskowatow

1804–1858 (age 54)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Alexander Wassiljewitsch Wiskowatow was a 19th-century Russian military officer who served during the Nicolaean era.

Кожухов, Алексей Степанович

1786–1854 (age 68)

Kalyazinsky District

Dmitry Smyshlyaev

1790–1857 (age 67)

Yagoshikha

Dmitry Smyshlyaev was a Russian merchant of the early 19th century whose commercial activities contributed to regional t...

Yakov Bryanskiy

1791–1853 (age 62)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Aleksandr Avinov

1786–1854 (age 68)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Aleksandr Avinov was a Russian explorer of the early 19th century whose expeditions advanced geographical knowledge.

Irakly Baratynsky

1802–1859 (age 57)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Aleksandr Kozlov

1802–1857 (age 55)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Aleksandr Kozlov was a Russian military officer whose service spanned the early and mid-19th century.

Kazimierz Ostaszewski

1786–1855 (age 69)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Nikolay Golovnin

1797–1850 (age 53)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Nikolay Golovnin was a Russian naval officer whose maritime service advanced imperial naval interests.

Иринарх Иванович Введенский

1813–1855 (age 42)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Luka Zhemchuzhnikov

1783–1856 (age 73)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Luka Zhemchuzhnikov was a Russian figure of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Karl Gustav von Staal

1777–1853 (age 76)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Karl Frantsevich Rouillier

1814–1858 (age 44)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Karl Frantsevich Rouillier was a Russian naturalist whose scientific work advanced natural history studies.

Aleksey Yegorov

1776–1851 (age 75)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Vasily Karatygin

1802–1853 (age 51)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Vasily Karatygin was a celebrated Russian actor whose theatrical performances enriched 19th-century Russian drama.

Колодкин, Яков Аникеевич

1785–1853 (age 68)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Vladimir Panayev

1792–1859 (age 67)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Vladimir Panayev was a Russian writer whose literary works contributed to 19th-century Russian culture.

Елена Яковлевна Сосницкая

1799–1855 (age 56)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Aleksandr Sukharev

1771–1853 (age 82)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Aleksandr Sukharev was a Russian figure whose life spanned the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Хвощинский, Павел Кесаревич

1792–1852 (age 60)

Tikhvin Cemetery

Никифоров, Александр Макарович

1800–1854 (age 54)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Aleksey Davydov

1790–1857 (age 67)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Vasily Dolgorukov

1787–1858 (age 71)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Mikhail Zablotsky-Desyatovsky

1816–1858 (age 42)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Fyodor Zavyalov

1810–1856 (age 46)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Boris Yakovlevich Knyazhnin

1777–1854 (age 77)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Кочетов, Иоаким Семёнович

1789–1854 (age 65)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Valerian Galyamin

1794–1855 (age 61)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Nikolai Efimovich Efimov

1799–1851 (age 52)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Yefim Lyutsenko

1776–1854 (age 78)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Aleksandr Petrovich Nelyubin

1785–1858 (age 73)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery

Nikolay Lomtev

1816–1858 (age 42)

Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery