Deaths in the 1940s

Mikhail Girshovich

1904–1947 (age 43)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Михаил Гиршович был советским военным деятелем, посвятившим свою...

Vasily Popov

1925–1945 (age 20)

Chkalovsk Microdistrict

Roza Shanina

1924–1945 (age 21)

Znamensk

Роза Шанина была советской снайпером и Героем Советского Союза, о...

Aleksey Ivanov

1922–1941 (age 19)

Kamensky District

Sakhip Maysky

1901–1942 (age 41)

Bagayevsky District

Сахип Майский был советским деятелем, активно участвовавшим в жи�...

Nikolay Sereda

1890–1948 (age 58)

Volkovo Cemetery

Demyan Fomichev

1876–1943 (age 67)

Volkovo Cemetery

Демян Фомичев был российским архитектором, оставившим значитель�...

Якушев, Михаил Васильевич

1896–1943 (age 47)

Sverdlovsky District

Aleksandr Zabaluyev

1906–1949 (age 43)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Александр Забалуев был советским военным офицером, посвятившим с...

Iosif Vasilevitsj Skroboek

1899–1948 (age 49)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Evgeniy Mazing

1880–1944 (age 64)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Евгений Мазинг был российским учёным, внёсшим значительный вклад...

Aleksey Vasilyevich Kastorsky

1869–1944 (age 75)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Boris Stepanovitsj Tsjernisjjov

1896–1944 (age 48)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Борис Степанович Чернишов был советским учёным, внёсшим вклад в р...

Adam Rakovsky

1879–1941 (age 62)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Nina Simonovich-Efimova

1877–1948 (age 71)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Russian painter who contributed to early 20th-century Russian artistic traditions.

Pavel Kaykov

1917–1941 (age 24)

Murmashi

Aleksey Khlobystov

1918–1943 (age 25)

Murmashi

Soviet military officer who died in service during World War II.

Nikolay Shchelokov

1887–1941 (age 54)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Ilja Fomitsj Jakoebov

1919–1947 (age 28)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Soviet test pilot who contributed to aviation development in the 1940s.

M. Froman

1891–1940 (age 49)

Volkovo Cemetery

Vasily Fyodorov

1894–1942 (age 48)

Volkovo Cemetery

Russian painter whose career was interrupted by World War II.

Pavel Shaskolsky

1883–1942 (age 59)

Volkovo Cemetery

Agdanbuugyn Amar

1886–1941 (age 55)

Kommunarka shooting ground

Mongolian politician whose life ended during the political upheavals of 1941.

Dmitry Pavlov

1897–1941 (age 44)

Kommunarka shooting ground

Boris Skvirsky

1887–1941 (age 54)

Kommunarka shooting ground

Soviet diplomat whose career was ended by political turmoil in 1941.

Alexander Ivanovich Uspensky

1902–1940 (age 38)

Kommunarka shooting ground

Sergey Spigelglas

1898–1941 (age 43)

Kommunarka shooting ground

Soviet intelligence officer who died during the political repressions of 1941.

Pavel Ignatievitch Grokhovsky

1899–1943 (age 44)

Kommunarka shooting ground

Vyacheslav Tishchenko

1861–1941 (age 80)

Volkovo Cemetery

Russian chemist whose scientific career spanned the late Imperial and Soviet periods.

Сорока, Артём Максимович

1902–1940 (age 38)

Volkovo Cemetery

Grigory Skvortsov

1900–1940 (age 40)

Volkovo Cemetery

Soviet military officer whose service ended in 1940.

Timofei Beschastnov

1893–1948 (age 55)

Volkovo Cemetery

Viktor Konstantinovitsj Lovtsjev

1918–1943 (age 25)

Fatezhsky District

Soviet military officer who served in the Fatezhsky District.

Mikhail Adamovich

1884–1947 (age 63)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Yefim Baranovich

1884–1948 (age 64)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Russian military officer who served through the Imperial and Soviet periods.

Korowtschynskyj Wiktor Mussijowytsch

1890–1949 (age 59)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Egor Orlov

1865–1944 (age 79)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Russian chemist who contributed to the advancement of chemical science.

Olga Rakhmanova

1871–1943 (age 72)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Ivan Shirokogorov

1869–1946 (age 77)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Russian pathologist who advanced medical knowledge through his scientific research.

Mikhail Agarkov

1890–1947 (age 57)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Аносов, Александр Николаевич

1884–1942 (age 58)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Yakov Mikhailovich Petrenko (1884-1942) was a Russian émigré who died in France and was buried at the Sainte-Genevièv...

Pavel Valden

1887–1948 (age 61)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Konstantin Yefimov

1906–1948 (age 42)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Soviet military officer who served during the mid-twentieth century.

Lev Kafengauz

1885–1940 (age 55)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Vladimir Kudryashev

1902–1944 (age 42)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Russian painter who worked during the early Soviet period.

Ivan Lorents

1890–1941 (age 51)

Kommunarka shooting ground

Dansranbilegiin Dogsom

1884–1941 (age 57)

Kommunarka shooting ground

Mongolian politician active in early twentieth-century Mongolian affairs.

Ölziin Badrakh

1895–1941 (age 46)

Kommunarka shooting ground

Nikolai Klestov

1873–1941 (age 68)

Kommunarka shooting ground

Russian politician active during the early Soviet period.

Abram Belenky

1882–1941 (age 59)

Kommunarka shooting ground