Deaths in the 1940s

Semyon Vasilievich Lapshenkov

1913–1943 (age 30)

Severomorsk

Советский гражданин, павший в боях Великой Отечественной войны в ...

Pavel Orlov

1914–1943 (age 29)

Severomorsk

Pyotr Sgibnev

1920–1943 (age 23)

Severomorsk

Советский гражданин, павший в боях Великой Отечественной войны в ...

Ivan Marchenko

1917–1948 (age 31)

Severomorsk

Yefim Zozulya

1891–1941 (age 50)

Rybinsk

Советский писатель, чьё творчество обогатило русскую литературу.

Sergey Ivanovich Solntsev

1906–1941 (age 35)

Ruza

Pyotr Shevtsov

1912–1944 (age 32)

Rudnya

Советский военный офицер, павший в боях Великой Отечественной во�...

Stepan Averjanovitsj Savoesjkin

1917–1945 (age 28)

Severo-Kurilsk

Boris Savelevitsj Fatelevitsj

1904–1941 (age 37)

Fatezh

Советский драматург, внёсший вклад в развитие отечественного теа...

Mikhail Adamovich Ivasik

1917–1944 (age 27)

Ussuriysk

Anatoliy Ivanovitsj Poegatsjjov

1919–1948 (age 29)

Shuya

Советский гражданин, живший в Шуе в XX веке.

Mikhail Rodionov

1918–1942 (age 24)

Khimki

Grigory Alexandrovich Pushkin

1868–1940 (age 72)

Chekhov

Российский гражданин, живший в конце XIX и начале XX века.

Mikhail Bulgakov

1891–1940 (age 49)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Sergei Eisenstein

1898–1948 (age 50)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Pioneering Soviet film director whose montage techniques revolutionized cinema.

Leonid Kulik

1883–1942 (age 59)

Spas-Demensk

Vasily Arkhipov

1920–1941 (age 21)

Sychyovka

Soviet military officer who served during World War II.

Vyacheslav Vinokurov

1913–1942 (age 29)

Sychyovka

Nikolay Gorodnichev

1915–1943 (age 28)

Sol-Iletsk

Soviet military officer who served during World War II.

Gafur Mammadov

1922–1942 (age 20)

Tuapse

Vasily Migunov

1918–1942 (age 24)

Torzhok

Soviet fighter pilot who served during World War II.

Konstantin Fëdorovich Nekrasov

1873–1940 (age 67)

Tuapse

Pietari Tiikkiläinen

1921–1941 (age 20)

Suoyarvi

Finnish military personnel who served during World War II.

Nikolay Danilovitsj Koedrja

1921–1943 (age 22)

Slavyansk-na-Kubani

Головко, Николай Панкратович

1904–1942 (age 38)

Sychyovka

Soviet border guardsman who served during World War II.

Aleksey Tolstoy

1883–1945 (age 62)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko

1858–1943 (age 85)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Influential Russian theater director and co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre.

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya

1923–1941 (age 18)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Vera Figner

1852–1942 (age 90)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Russian revolutionary, political activist, and writer dedicated to social justice.

Leonid Mandelstam

1879–1944 (age 65)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Nikolai Polikarpov

1892–1944 (age 52)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Soviet aircraft designer whose innovations advanced Soviet aviation technology.

Vladimir Vernadsky

1863–1945 (age 82)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Mikhail Nesterov

1862–1942 (age 80)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Renowned Russian painter celebrated for religious and historical themes.

Alexander Alexandrov

1883–1946 (age 63)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Vyacheslav Shishkov

1873–1945 (age 72)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Vyacheslav Shishkov was a Russian writer known for his psychologically rich novels exploring social themes in early 20th...

Boris Asafyev

1884–1949 (age 65)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Alexander Fersman

1883–1945 (age 62)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Alexander Fersman was a renowned Russian chemist and mineralogist whose research advanced geochemistry and mineral scien...

Nikolai Rubakin

1862–1946 (age 84)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Alexey Shchusev

1873–1949 (age 76)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Alexey Shchusev was a visionary Russian architect whose innovative designs significantly influenced early Soviet and Rus...

Demyan Bedny

1883–1945 (age 62)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Ivan Chernyakhovsky

1906–1945 (age 39)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Ivan Chernyakhovsky was a prominent Soviet military officer and commander during World War II.

Gabriel El-Registan

1899–1945 (age 46)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Andrei Letkov

1903–1942 (age 39)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Andrei Letkov was a Soviet politician who served in various administrative and governmental capacities.

Yakov Protazanov

1881–1945 (age 64)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Platon Kerzhentsev

1881–1940 (age 59)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Platon Kerzhentsev was a Russian writer and cultural intellectual who contributed to early Soviet literary and cultural ...

Iosif Utkin

1903–1944 (age 41)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Dmitry Moor

1883–1946 (age 63)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Dmitry Moor was a prominent Russian illustrator and graphic artist known for his distinctive and influential visual desi...

Mikhail Belousov

1904–1946 (age 42)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Vladimir Picheta

1878–1947 (age 69)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Vladimir Picheta was a respected Russian historian whose scholarly work advanced the study of Eastern European and Russi...

Lev Steinberg

1870–1945 (age 75)

Novodevichy Cemetery