Deaths in the 1940s

Leo Deutsch

1855–1941 (age 86)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Leo Deutsch was a Russian politician whose career extended through the late Imperial and early Soviet periods.

Moisei Ginzburg

1892–1946 (age 54)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Pavel Blonsky

1884–1941 (age 57)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Pavel Blonsky was a prominent Russian psychologist whose research in educational and developmental psychology influenced...

Vasily Vasilyevich Glagolev

1898–1947 (age 49)

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Ilya Mashkov

1881–1944 (age 63)

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Pyotr Kobozev

1878–1941 (age 63)

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Nikolai Miliutin

1889–1942 (age 53)

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Roman Ivanovich Panin

1897–1949 (age 52)

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Pavel Golovin

1909–1940 (age 31)

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Vsevolod Bagritski

1922–1942 (age 20)

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Aleksei Ilyich Kravchenko

1889–1940 (age 51)

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Pyotr Filatov

1893–1941 (age 48)

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Yelyzaveta Azerska

1868–1946 (age 78)

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Yury Alekseyev-Meskhiyev

1917–1946 (age 29)

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Sergey Alliluyev

1866–1945 (age 79)

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Vasiliy Vasilievich Alechin

1882–1946 (age 64)

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Vasily Gorodtsov

1860–1945 (age 85)

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Yury Gotye

1873–1943 (age 70)

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Ignatiy Naumovich Granat

1863–1941 (age 78)

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Jakov Ivanovitsj Gremislavskiy

1864–1941 (age 77)

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Vladimir Grendal

1884–1940 (age 56)

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Alexey Grinchik

1912–1946 (age 34)

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Aleksandr Gruzdin

1903–1943 (age 40)

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Liubov Gurevich

1866–1940 (age 74)

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Viktor Gusev

1909–1944 (age 35)

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Viktor Gusev was a Soviet screenwriter whose work shaped early Soviet cinema before his death during World War II.

Konstantin Davydov

1918–1949 (age 31)

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Stepan Danilov

1909–1945 (age 36)

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Stepan Danilov was a Soviet military personnel who served during World War II and died in 1945.

Maria Denissova Chtchadenko

1894–1944 (age 50)

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Vladimir Dmitriyev

1900–1948 (age 48)

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Vladimir Dmitriyev was a Soviet painter whose work contributed to the artistic heritage of the Soviet Union.

Boris Dobronravov

1896–1949 (age 53)

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Nikolai Berzarin

1904–1945 (age 41)

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Nikolai Berzarin was a Soviet military officer who served with distinction during World War II.

Konstantin Igumnov

1873–1948 (age 75)

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Aleksei Nikolaevich Bakh

1857–1946 (age 89)

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Aleksei Nikolaevich Bakh was a Russian politician whose career spanned from the Imperial era through the Soviet period.

Nikolai Burdenko

1876–1946 (age 70)

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Vikenty Veresaev

1867–1945 (age 78)

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Vikenty Veresaev was a prominent Russian writer whose novels and stories enriched Russian literature across multiple dec...

Alexander Afinogenov

1904–1941 (age 37)

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Boris Reinstein

1866–1947 (age 81)

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Boris Reinstein was a Russian politician whose career spanned the late Imperial and early Soviet periods.

Andrey Rikhter

1871–1947 (age 76)

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Ivan Rogov

1899–1949 (age 50)

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Ivan Rogov was a Soviet politician who served in the governance of the Soviet Union during the mid-twentieth century.

Mikhail Rogov

1880–1942 (age 62)

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Prokofy Romanenko

1897–1949 (age 52)

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Prokofy Romanenko was a Soviet military officer whose service spanned several decades of Soviet military development.

Fedor Savarensky

1881–1946 (age 65)

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Georgi Konstantinowitsch Sawizki

1887–1949 (age 62)

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Georgi Konstantinowitsch Sawizki was a Russian painter whose work spanned the late Imperial and Soviet artistic periods.

Prov Sadovskiy Jnr

1874–1947 (age 73)

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Arnold Markowitsch Samarin-Wolschski

1878–1949 (age 71)

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Russian actor of the early twentieth century known for his distinguished theatrical career.

Nikolay Stepanovitsj Samochvalov

1918–1944 (age 26)

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Vasily Sakhnovsky

1886–1945 (age 59)

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Russian dramaturge whose critical work influenced Soviet theatrical development.

Vasily Svarog

1883–1946 (age 63)

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Aleksandr Sergeevich Serebrovskiĭ

1892–1948 (age 56)

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Russian geneticist whose research advanced the scientific understanding of heredity and genetics.

Сивков, Аркадий Кузьмич

1899–1943 (age 44)

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