Deaths in the 1940s

Pjotr Sergejewitsch Schdanow

1903–1949 (age 46)

Danilov Cemetery

Pjotr Sergejewitsch Schdanow was a power engineering scientist whose research advanced Soviet industrial and technologic...

Anna Poznyakova

1872–1940 (age 68)

Danilov Cemetery

Потёмкин, Василий Васильевич

1892–1947 (age 55)

Danilov Cemetery

Василий Васильевич Потёмкин was a Russian scientist whose work contributed to Soviet scientific...

Andrei Pawlowitsch Stepantschikow

1916–1949 (age 33)

Danilov Cemetery

Pyotr Volkov

1924–1943 (age 19)

Ponyrovsky District

Pyotr Volkov was a Russian who lived during the Soviet era and World War II.

Mikhail Feofanovich Potapov

1921–1943 (age 22)

Ponyrovsky District

Mikhail Fomin

1923–1943 (age 20)

Ponyrovsky District

Mikhail Fomin was a young Russian whose life was shaped by World War II and the Soviet era.

Dimitry Chebotaryov

1920–1943 (age 23)

Ponyrovsky District

Boris Andreevitsj Soegerov

1921–1943 (age 22)

Ponyrovsky District

Boris Andreevitsj Soegerov was a Russian who lived through the Soviet era and World War II.

Уваров, Василий Тимофеевич

1919–1943 (age 24)

Ponyrovsky District

Фридрих Львович Траубе was a Russian soldier from Dnipro who died in 1943 during World War II at age...

Grigoriy Nikiforovitsj Kosjkarov

1924–1943 (age 19)

Ponyrovsky District

Grigoriy Nikiforovitsj Kosjkarov was a Russian who lived during World War II and the Soviet era.

Ivan Dmitrievitsj Sidorov

1916–1943 (age 27)

Ponyrovsky District

Серебрянников, Александр Георгиевич

1904–1943 (age 39)

Ponyrovsky District

Александр Георгиевич Серебрянnikov was a Russian who lived through the Soviet era and World W...

Arseny Avraamov

1886–1944 (age 58)

Danilov Cemetery

Lev Bruni

1894–1948 (age 54)

Danilov Cemetery

Lev Bruni was a Russian painter of the late 19th and 20th centuries.

Nil Glagolev

1888–1945 (age 57)

Danilov Cemetery

Konstantin Leonidovitsj Dobroserdov

1891–1949 (age 58)

Danilov Cemetery

Konstantin Leonidovitsj Dobroserdov was a Russian military officer.

Afanasy Selishchev

1886–1942 (age 56)

Danilov Cemetery

Sergei Troinitsky

1882–1948 (age 66)

Danilov Cemetery

Sergei Troinitsky was a Russian heraldist and scholar of heraldic traditions.

Petr Yarkov

1875–1945 (age 70)

Danilov Cemetery

Александровский, Михаил Иванович

1865–1943 (age 78)

Danilov Cemetery

Mikhail Ivanovich Aleksandrovskiy was a Russian historian.

Viktor Michaylovitsj Medvedev

1913–1943 (age 30)

Danilov Cemetery

Vasiliy Fjodorovitsj Arsjinov

1854–1942 (age 88)

Danilov Cemetery

Vasiliy Fjodorovitsj Arsjinov was a Russian merchant.

Nikolay Ivanovitsj Sidorov

1922–1945 (age 23)

Danilov Cemetery

Maria Krasnozhenova

1871–1942 (age 71)

cimetière de la Trinité de Krasnoïarsk

Maria Krasnozhenova was a Russian folklorist and scholar of folk traditions.

Simon Yermolayev

1870–1948 (age 78)

cimetière de la Trinité de Krasnoïarsk

Nikolay Ishchenko

1910–1945 (age 35)

Ramensky District

Nikolay Ishchenko was a Russian born in 1910 who died in 1945.

Aleksey Levashev

1900–1942 (age 42)

Ramensky District

Ivan Vasilevitsj Juzjaninov

1913–1943 (age 30)

Khomutovsky District

Ivan Vasilevitsj Juzjaninov was a Russian born in 1913 who died in 1943.

Lev Lvovich Tolstoy

1869–1945 (age 76)

Yasnaya Polyana

Leonid Ramzin

1887–1948 (age 61)

Armenian Cemetery

Leonid Ramzin was a Russian engineer and innovator.

Mikhail Adamov

1874–1946 (age 72)

Armenian Cemetery

Ruben Orbeli

1880–1943 (age 63)

Armenian Cemetery

Ruben Orbeli was a Russian archaeologist and scholar of ancient civilizations.

Nikolai Prilezhaev

1877–1944 (age 67)

Armenian Cemetery

Boris Jakovlevitsj Poempjanskiy

1907–1944 (age 37)

Armenian Cemetery

Soviet screenwriter who contributed to early Soviet cinema before his death during World War II.

Boris Turzhanski

1900–1948 (age 48)

Armenian Cemetery

Nikolay Vilkov

1918–1945 (age 27)

Shumshu

Soviet serviceman who died during World War II operations at Shumshu in 1945.

Michail Aleksandrovitsj Tsjlenov

1871–1941 (age 70)

Armenian Cemetery

Marina Ryndzyunskaya

1877–1946 (age 69)

Armenian Cemetery

Soviet sculptor whose artistic works contributed to Soviet cultural heritage.

Stepan Suvorov

1920–1942 (age 22)

Belaya Glina

Konstantin Rakutin

1902–1941 (age 39)

Istrinsky District

Soviet military personnel who died in 1941 during the early stages of World War II.

Aleksey Bosov

1910–1941 (age 31)

Istrinsky District

Mikhail Baranov

1921–1943 (age 22)

Mamayev Kurgan

Soviet flying ace who died in combat in 1943 and was honored at Mamayev Kurgan.

Vassili Bolvinov

1902–1942 (age 40)

Mamayev Kurgan

Ivan Prokopievich Malozyomov

1921–1943 (age 22)

Mamayev Kurgan

Soviet serviceman who died in 1943 during World War II.

Vladimir Khazov

1918–1942 (age 24)

Mamayev Kurgan

Gajaz Galazkarovitsj Romaev

1921–1943 (age 22)

Mamayev Kurgan

Soviet serviceman who died in 1943 and was memorialized at Mamayev Kurgan.

Nikolay Leontyevich Vychugov

1902–1942 (age 40)

Mamayev Kurgan

Yevdokiya Dmitriyeva

1922–1942 (age 20)

Mamayev Kurgan

Young Soviet woman who died in 1942 during World War II.

Ivan Zaburov

1920–1942 (age 22)

Yashkul