Deaths in the 1940s

Leonid Huk

1925–1945 (age 20)

Slavskoye

Soviet military officer who died in 1945 during the final stages of World War II.

Andrey Ivanov

1904–1944 (age 40)

Alexander Nevsky Lavra

Pyotr Lizyukov

1909–1945 (age 36)

Ushakovo, Kaliningrad Oblast

Soviet military officer who died in 1945 near the conclusion of World War II.

Adolf Scheffknecht

1914–1941 (age 27)

Pechenga

Alexander Ivanovich Blokhin

1877–1944 (age 67)

Palekh

Alexander Ivanovich Blokhin was a Russian painter of the Palekh school, known for his work in traditional miniature pain...

Имельбаев, Даут Аздарханович

1908–1949 (age 41)

Verkhnetavlykayevo

Wincenty Staniszewski

1898–1940 (age 42)

Mednoye

Wincenty Staniszewski was a Polish military officer who served during the interwar and World War II periods.

Sergei Efron

1893–1941 (age 48)

Butovo firing range

Gustavs Klucis

1895–1944 (age 49)

Butovo firing range

Gustavs Klucis was a Latvian avant-garde artist and pioneer of photomontage and constructivism.

Shohub Mursalov

1896–1943 (age 47)

Ilsky

Boris Shaposhnikov

1882–1945 (age 63)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Boris Shaposhnikov was a Soviet military strategist and Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army.

Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin

1894–1949 (age 55)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Marina Raskova

1912–1943 (age 31)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Marina Raskova was a pioneering Soviet aviator and commander of an all-female night bomber regiment during World War II.

Andrei Zhdanov

1896–1948 (age 52)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin

1875–1946 (age 71)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin was a Soviet politician and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

Klavdiya Nikolayeva

1893–1944 (age 51)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Konstantin Pamfilov

1901–1943 (age 42)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Konstantin Pamfilov was a Soviet military pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union.

Nikolay Ansimov

1922–1945 (age 23)

Dobrovolsk

Alfred Matern

1910–1945 (age 35)

Insterburg German military cemetery

Alfred Matern was a German military officer who served during World War II.

Hermann Seitz

1902–1942 (age 40)

Rossoschka German military cemetery

Prince Gabriel of Thurn and Taxis

1922–1942 (age 20)

Rossoschka German military cemetery

Prince Gabriel of Thurn and Taxis was a German nobleman and military officer.

Alfred Arnold

1915–1944 (age 29)

Insterburg German military cemetery

Vladimir Potemkin

1874–1946 (age 72)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Vladimir Potemkin was a Soviet diplomat and political figure who served in various capacities in Soviet foreign relation...

Rosalia Zemlyachka

1876–1947 (age 71)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Hryhorii Kravchenko

1912–1943 (age 31)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Hryhorii Kravchenko was a Soviet test pilot who advanced aviation technology during the 1930s and early 1940s.

Yemelyan Yaroslavsky

1878–1943 (age 65)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Alexander Shcherbakov

1901–1945 (age 44)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Alexander Shcherbakov was a Soviet writer whose literary contributions shaped cultural discourse in early twentieth-cent...

Vasily Vakhrushev

1902–1947 (age 45)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Isaak Babel

1894–1940 (age 46)

Donskoe cemetery

Isaak Babel was a renowned Soviet screenwriter and author whose innovative works profoundly influenced early Soviet cine...

Anton Denikin

1872–1947 (age 75)

Donskoe cemetery

Lyubov Axelrod

1868–1946 (age 78)

Donskoe cemetery

Lyubov Axelrod was a Russian politician and social activist whose career spanned the late nineteenth and early twentieth...

Nikolai Yezhov

1895–1940 (age 45)

Donskoe cemetery

El Lissitzky

1890–1941 (age 51)

Donskoe cemetery

El Lissitzky was a pioneering Soviet photographer and artist whose innovative visual work significantly influenced moder...

Vsevolod Meyerhold

1874–1940 (age 66)

Donskoe cemetery

Nikolay Strunnikov

1886–1940 (age 54)

Donskoe cemetery

Nikolay Strunnikov was a Soviet speed skater whose competitive achievements contributed to the development of Soviet ath...

Aaron Soltz

1872–1945 (age 73)

Donskoe cemetery

Pavel Kostenko

1919–1944 (age 25)

Glazivka

Pavel Kostenko was a Soviet individual whose life spanned the early twentieth century.

Vladimir Artamonov

1906–1944 (age 38)

Donskoe cemetery

Vasily Askalepov

1900–1948 (age 48)

Donskoe cemetery

Vasily Askalepov was a Soviet military leader whose service shaped military operations during the early twentieth centur...

Zakhar Belenky

1888–1940 (age 52)

Donskoe cemetery

Ilya Bondarenko

1870–1947 (age 77)

Donskoe cemetery

Ilya Bondarenko was a Russian architect whose designs contributed to the development of architectural practice in the ni...

Anatoli Bochvar

1870–1947 (age 77)

Donskoe cemetery

Vladimir Adoratsky

1878–1945 (age 67)

Donskoe cemetery

Vladimir Adoratsky was a Russian and Soviet politician whose career spanned the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Nikolai Pozharsky

1899–1945 (age 46)

Donskoe cemetery

Nikolai Avvakumov

1908–1945 (age 37)

Donskoe cemetery

Nikolai Avvakumov was a Russian painter who lived from 1908 to 1945.

Ivan Golubin

1919–1942 (age 23)

Donskoe cemetery

Vladimir Gorbunov

1903–1945 (age 42)

Donskoe cemetery

Vladimir Gorbunov was a Soviet aerospace engineer who lived from 1903 to 1945.

Nikolay Zhukov

1874–1945 (age 71)

Donskoe cemetery

Hryhorij Oleksandrowytsch Swjerjew

1900–1946 (age 46)

Donskoe cemetery

Hryhorij Oleksandrowytsch Swjerjew was a soldier who lived from 1900 to 1946.

Solomon Mikhoels

1890–1948 (age 58)

Donskoe cemetery