Deaths in the 1940s
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Бурдуков, Александр Александрович
1880–1940 (age 60)
Novodevichy Cemetery
Александр Александрович Бурдуков was a Russian figure of the late nineteenth and early twe...
Aleksandr Nikolaevitsj Speranskiy
1891–1943 (age 52)
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Yuli Matveevich Lazovsky
1903–1949 (age 46)
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Yuli Matveevich Lazovsky was a Russian pathologist whose medical research contributed to twentieth-century science.
Mikhail Bagaev
1874–1949 (age 75)
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Nikolai Valerianovich Rusinov
1874–1940 (age 66)
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Nikolai Valerianovich Rusinov was a Russian librarian whose work preserved cultural and intellectual resources.
Aleksandr Kozlovsky
1892–1940 (age 48)
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Вегер Владимир Ильич
1888–1945 (age 57)
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Владимир Ильич Вегер was a Russian figure of the twentieth century.
Меницкий, Иван Антонович
1890–1947 (age 57)
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Vera Nikolaevna Petrova-Zvant︠s︡eva
1875–1944 (age 69)
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Vera Nikolaevna Petrova-Zvantсeva was a celebrated Russian opera singer known for her contributions to Russian musical ...
Julian Ivanovitsj Piontkovskiy
1896–1940 (age 44)
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Nikolai Podgorny
1879–1947 (age 68)
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Nikolai Podgorny was a Russian actor whose theatrical work contributed to early twentieth-century Russian drama.
Valentin Pozdyunin
1883–1948 (age 65)
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S. V. Poznyshev
1870–1943 (age 73)
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S. V. Poznyshev was a Russian psychologist whose scholarly contributions advanced the field of psychological science.
Позолотин, Тимофей Семёнович
1908–1943 (age 35)
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Konstantin Stepanovich Sedov was a Russian soldier who fell in 1943 during World War II and was buried at Ponyri.
Miron Polyakin
1895–1941 (age 46)
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Russian composer of the early Soviet period.
Aleksey Popov
1896–1946 (age 50)
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Roman Popov
1914–1945 (age 31)
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Soviet inventor and technical innovator.
Nikolay Potapov
1871–1946 (age 75)
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Grigory Danilov
1901–1946 (age 45)
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Soviet military officer and serviceman.
Mikhail Burmistrov
1904–1946 (age 42)
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Чижов, Александр Васильевич
1893–1945 (age 52)
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Soviet military leader and strategic commander.
Arseny Karamyshev
1900–1945 (age 45)
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Viktor Vasilevitsj Jakovlev
1871–1945 (age 74)
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Russian educator and teacher.
Соловой, Сергей Авдеевич
1900–1946 (age 46)
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Mikhail Romanovich Galaktionov
1897–1948 (age 51)
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Soviet military officer and serviceman.
M. V. Sabashnikov
1871–1943 (age 72)
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Mikhail Arapov
1898–1947 (age 49)
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Soviet military personnel and serviceman.
Mikhail Romanovich Baginsky
1898–1948 (age 50)
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Ivan Varfolomeyev
1896–1948 (age 52)
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Soviet military leader and commander.
Vladimir Veselov
1907–1948 (age 41)
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Волобуев, Константин Максимович
1879–1942 (age 63)
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Sergey Mikhailovich Trukhachev (1879-1942) was a Russian émigré who fled to France and was buried in Nice.
Konstantine Goretski
1870–1947 (age 77)
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Nikolay Dokuchaev
1891–1944 (age 53)
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Russian architect and designer.
Nikolay Yershov
1892–1947 (age 55)
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Grigory Kalinin
1897–1949 (age 52)
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Grigory Kalinin was a Russian teacher who dedicated his career to education during the early Soviet period.
Konstantin Kalugin
1892–1945 (age 53)
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Arkadiy Kamanin
1928–1947 (age 19)
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Arkadiy Kamanin was a Soviet aircraft pilot whose brief career exemplified the promise of the nation's aviation program.
Канюков, Пётр Иванович
1897–1946 (age 49)
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Aleksandr Katkov
1896–1947 (age 51)
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Aleksandr Katkov was a Russian teacher whose career spanned the early and mid-Soviet periods.
Ковырзин, Алексей Георгиевич
1901–1947 (age 46)
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David Kozlovsky
1870–1949 (age 79)
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David Kozlovsky was a Russian educator whose lengthy career spanned nearly eighty years of service to teaching.
Arkhip Kolpakov
1892–1944 (age 52)
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Ivan Korolyov
1896–1949 (age 53)
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Ivan Korolyov was a Russian figure who lived through the transformative decades of the 20th century.
Aleksandr Kryukov
1895–1944 (age 49)
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Aleksandr Kuznetsov
1903–1948 (age 45)
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Aleksandr Kuznetsov was a Soviet military officer who served during the mid-20th century.
Sergey Lebedev
1890–1940 (age 50)
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Моргунов, Родион Николаевич
1894–1945 (age 51)
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Родион Николаевич Морганов был советским военным лидером, служив...
Michail Ivanovitsj Moeratov
1899–1947 (age 48)
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Никулин, Николай Александрович
1892–1946 (age 54)
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Николай Александрович Никулин был советским военным офицером, сл...
Носков, Павел Александрович
1899–1945 (age 46)
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