Deaths in the 1920s

Бурлов, Николай Ананьевич

1883–1927 (age 44)

Jerusalem Cemetery

Ğabdulla Bubıy

1871–1922 (age 51)

İj-Bubıy

Tatar writer who contributed to the literary and cultural development of the Volga-Ural region.

Alexandra Andreevna Polkova

1844–1926 (age 82)

Ivanovskoe cemetery

Aleksey Mazurin

1846–1920 (age 74)

Nikolo-Arkhangelskoe Cemetery

Russian photographer who documented the visual landscape of 19th-century Russia.

Aleksandr Rayevsky

1872–1924 (age 52)

Krasnenkoe cemetery

Авдеев, Николай Петрович

1892–1920 (age 28)

Komunariv Cemetery

Russian military officer who served during the early 20th century.

Iosif Drozdov

1894–1920 (age 26)

Komunariv Cemetery

Stepan Krichinskiy

1874–1923 (age 49)

Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways

Russian architect and writer who contributed to the architectural and literary culture of his time.

Alexander Blok

1880–1921 (age 41)

Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways

Andrey Markov

1856–1922 (age 66)

Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways

Renowned Russian mathematician whose pioneering work in probability theory and stochastic processes revolutionized moder...

Vladimir Bekhterev

1857–1927 (age 70)

Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways

Nikolay Yermakov

1868–1927 (age 59)

Lintula Holy Trinity monastery

Russian collector and cultural preservationist dedicated to safeguarding Russian heritage and artifacts.

Alexander Zelenoy

1872–1922 (age 50)

Kazachye Cemetery

Zlata Lilina

1882–1929 (age 47)

Kazachye Cemetery

Russian revolutionary politician and women's rights advocate active in early 20th-century political movements.

Olga Sergeevna Gaines

1847–1927 (age 80)

Zilantov monastery

Pavel Vasilievich Chudinov

1865–1922 (age 57)

Kazachye Cemetery

Russian military officer who served during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Vsevolod Tomashevsky

1891–1927 (age 36)

Kazachye Cemetery

Ivan Zalkind

1885–1928 (age 43)

Kazachye Cemetery

Russian biologist whose scientific research advanced biological knowledge in the early 20th century.

Зосимов, Андриан Григорьевич

1885–1926 (age 41)

Kazachye Cemetery

Семков, Семён Моисеевич

1885–1928 (age 43)

Kazachye Cemetery

Семён Моисеевич Семков (1885–1928) was a Russian figure of the late Imperial and early Soviet peri...

Leon Benois

1856–1928 (age 72)

Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways

Vladimir Steklov

1864–1926 (age 62)

Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways

Vladimir Steklov (1864–1926) was a prominent Russian physicist whose work significantly advanced mathematical physics.

Leonid Chizhevsky

1861–1929 (age 68)

Pyatnitskoye Cemetery

Abram Jakovlevitsj Sjternberg

1873–1927 (age 54)

Preobrazhenskoe Jewish Cemetery

Abram Jakovlevitsj Sjternberg (1873–1927) was a Russian physician who contributed to the advancement of medical practi...

Билу-Хаджи Гайтаев

1852–1925 (age 73)

Martan-Chu

Flegont Voskresensky

1859–1926 (age 67)

Kalitnikovskoye Cemetery

Flegont Voskresensky (1859–1926) was a Russian architect who contributed to the development of the built environment.

Заозерский, Александр Николаевич

1879–1922 (age 43)

Kalitnikovskoye Cemetery

Соколов, Василий Александрович

1868–1922 (age 54)

Kalitnikovskoye Cemetery

Василий Александрович Соколов (1868–1922) was a Russian figure who lived through the revolu...

Makary

1876–1922 (age 46)

Kalitnikovskoye Cemetery

Michael

1860–1929 (age 69)

Krasnoe Cemetery

Michael (1860–1929) was an Eastern Orthodox priest who served his faith community during a transformative era in Russi...

Abraham Zinger

1864–1920 (age 56)

Novo-Volkovskoe cemetery

Uładzimir Dabravolski

1856–1920 (age 64)

Dańkowo (obwód smoleński)

Uładzimir Dabravolski (1856–1920) was a Belarusian folklorist whose work preserved Eastern European cultural traditio...

Semyon Vengerov

1855–1920 (age 65)

Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways

Ignaty Potapenko

1856–1929 (age 73)

Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways

Ignaty Potapenko (1856–1929) was a prominent Russian writer whose literary works contributed significantly to Russian ...

Vlas Doroshevich

1864–1922 (age 58)

Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways

Mikhail P. Fyodorov

1845–1925 (age 80)

Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways

Mikhail P. Fyodorov (1845–1925) was a Russian politician who served during the transformation from Imperial to Soviet ...

Sergey Zharov

1878–1924 (age 46)

Kalitnikovskoye Cemetery

Шанявская Лидия Алексеевна

1839–1921 (age 82)

Novo-Alekseevsky convent

Лидия Алексеевна Шанявская (1839–1921) was a Russian patron of the arts whose philanthropy adv...

Mikhail Kiyanchenko

1898–1920 (age 22)

Komunariv Cemetery

Кряжев, Филипп Александрович

1899–1920 (age 21)

Komunariv Cemetery

Филипп Александрович Кряжев (1899–1920) was a young Russian whose brief life spanned the revo...

Яков Рябов

1893–1920 (age 27)

Komunariv Cemetery

Сладков, Иван Давыдович

1889–1922 (age 33)

Komunariv Cemetery

Иван Давыдович Сладков (1889–1922) was a Russian whose life encompassed the revolutionary transfor...

Цыганков, Василий Парфентьевич

1881–1920 (age 39)

Komunariv Cemetery

Старосельский, Григорий Самуилович

1891–1920 (age 29)

Komunariv Cemetery

Григорий Самуилович Старосельский (1891–1920) was a clandestine agent who operated duri...

Николай Федан

d. 1920

Komunariv Cemetery

Губаренко, Иван Исидорович

1890–1920 (age 30)

Komunariv Cemetery

Иван Исидорович Губаренко (1890–1920) was a Russian whose life was marked by the revolutionary ...

Vladimir Makarov

1894–1920 (age 26)

Komunariv Cemetery

Nikolay Lisovsky

1854–1920 (age 66)

Skorbyashchensky Monastery, Moscow

Nikolay Lisovsky (1854–1920) was a university teacher whose scholarly work contributed to Russian intellectual life.

Andrey Korobitsin

1904–1927 (age 23)

Sestroretsk cemetery

Pyotr Gnedich

1855–1925 (age 70)

Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways

Pyotr Gnedich (1855–1925) was a Russian writer whose literary contributions enriched his nation's cultural legacy.