Deaths in the 1940s
23,000+ memorials
Rafał Szuszkiewicz
1895–1940 (age 45)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Polish military officer (1895-1940) commemorated at Katyn Polish War Cemetery.
Eryk Pfann
1889–1940 (age 51)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Stefan Prawowski
1893–1940 (age 47)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Polish official (1893-1940) commemorated at Katyn Polish War Cemetery.
Michał Karliński
1898–1940 (age 42)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Wiktor Chudzikiewicz
1900–1940 (age 40)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Polish philologist (1900-1940) commemorated at Katyn Polish War Cemetery.
Edward Honkisz
1897–1940 (age 43)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Yakov Perelman
1882–1942 (age 60)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Russian naturalist and science educator (1882-1942) commemorated at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.
Nikolay Illarionovitsj Astasjev
1896–1941 (age 45)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Nikolay Aleksandrovitsj Blatov
1875–1942 (age 67)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Russian economist (1875-1942) commemorated at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.
A. Ganzen
1869–1942 (age 73)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Modest Vassilyevich Ivanov
1875–1942 (age 67)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Russian military officer (1875-1942) commemorated at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.
P. L. Mashtakov
1872–1942 (age 70)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Ozerov Ivan Khristoforovich
1869–1942 (age 73)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Russian economist (1869-1942) commemorated at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.
Viktor Smirnov
1896–1946 (age 50)
Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery
Yanka Bobryk
1905–1942 (age 37)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Belarusian poet whose literary career was tragically ended during World War II.
Enn Kippel
1901–1942 (age 41)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Aleksey Ushin
1904–1942 (age 38)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Soviet illustrator whose artistic career was ended by the tragedy of World War II.
Nikolay Alekseevitsj Smirnov
1911–1941 (age 30)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Stanisław Goździewski
1886–1940 (age 54)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Polish pediatrician whose medical career was cut short during World War II.
Jerzy August Gutsche
1893–1940 (age 47)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Zbigniew Kapuściński
1904–1940 (age 36)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Polish chemist whose scientific contributions were cut short by World War II.
Wilhelm Kasprzykiewicz
1896–1940 (age 44)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Bronisław Koblański
1906–1940 (age 34)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Polish military officer whose service was ended during World War II.
Marian Korczak
1897–1940 (age 43)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Józef Kucza
1896–1940 (age 44)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Polish official whose career was ended by the tragedy of World War II.
Józef Kutyba
1899–1940 (age 41)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Julian Sielewicz
1892–1940 (age 48)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Polish military officer whose service was ended during World War II.
Alfred Surmiński
1895–1940 (age 45)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Józef Sidor
1896–1940 (age 44)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Polish aircraft pilot whose aviation career was cut short during World War II.
A. P. Boltunov
1883–1942 (age 59)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Nikolai Ushin
1898–1942 (age 44)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Soviet illustrator whose career was ended by World War II.
Stefan Stolarz
1889–1940 (age 51)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Józef Szyfter
1893–1940 (age 47)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Polish military officer whose service was ended during World War II.
Paweł Szyfter
1893–1940 (age 47)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Władysław Adam
1897–1940 (age 43)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Polish judge who perished in the Katyn massacre during World War II.
Józef Abratowski
1891–1940 (age 49)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Franciszek Adamski
1901–1940 (age 39)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Polish military officer who died in the Katyn massacre during World War II.
Stanisław Adamski
1897–1940 (age 43)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Yakov Vladimirovich Steinberg
1880–1942 (age 62)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Russian photographer whose work documented the early Soviet period.
Stefan Lech Sokołowski
1904–1940 (age 36)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Wilhelm Światołdycz-Kisiel
1879–1940 (age 61)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Polish individual memorialized at the Katyn Polish War Cemetery.
Matvejs Baikalovs
1904–1949 (age 45)
Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery
Włodzimierz Ambrożewicz
1895–1940 (age 45)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Polish physician who perished in the Katyn massacre during World War II.
Antoni Balinger
1886–1940 (age 54)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Telesfor Banaszkiewicz
1908–1940 (age 32)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Polish economist whose life was cut short by the Katyn massacre.
Ignacy Bazarnik
1893–1940 (age 47)
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Nikolay Molchanov
1909–1942 (age 33)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Soviet reporter who died during World War II and was memorialized at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.
Потапов, Павел Андреевич
1892–1944 (age 52)
Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery
Pavel Wenig
1870–1942 (age 72)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Russian painter whose artistic work reflected the cultural traditions of his era.
Friedrich Oskarovich Teichmann
1874–1942 (age 68)
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery