Deaths in the 1940s
23,000+ memorials
A. M. Listopadov
1873–1949 (age 76)
Armenian Cemetery
A. M. Listopadov was a Russian teacher who lived from 1873 to 1949.
Завадский, Игорь Владимирович
1875–1944 (age 69)
Armenian Cemetery
Aleksandr Chebanov
1928–1942 (age 14)
Brethren Cemetery
Aleksandr Chebanov was a Soviet child soldier who lived from 1928 to 1942.
Adam Bahdanovich
1862–1940 (age 78)
cimetière Saint-Léonce de Iaroslavl
Nikolai Samokysh
1860–1944 (age 84)
1st civil cemetery of Simferopol
Nikolai Samokysh was a Russian professor who lived from 1860 to 1944.
Viktor Yefremov
1916–1944 (age 28)
1st civil cemetery of Simferopol
Aleksandra Peregonets
1895–1944 (age 49)
1st civil cemetery of Simferopol
Aleksandra Peregonets was a Russian actor who lived from 1895 to 1944.
Ivan Nikolayevich Likhoy
1914–1943 (age 29)
1st civil cemetery of Simferopol
Zoia Rukhadze
1923–1944 (age 21)
1st civil cemetery of Simferopol
Zoia Rukhadze was a Soviet national hero who lived from 1923 to 1944.
Alexander Hausch
1873–1947 (age 74)
1st civil cemetery of Simferopol
Jewgenija Derjugina
1923–1944 (age 21)
1st civil cemetery of Simferopol
Jewgenija Derjugina was a Soviet military personnel who lived from 1923 to 1944.
Nikolai Sergeevich Spassky
1867–1948 (age 81)
1st civil cemetery of Simferopol
Савватеев, Олег Алексеевич
1928–1944 (age 16)
1st civil cemetery of Simferopol
Олег Алексеевич Савватеев was a Soviet apprentice who lived from 1928 to 1944.
Dmitri Pawlowitsch Potylizyn
1908–1944 (age 36)
Sorrow Cemetery
Dmitri Pawlowitsch Potylizyn (1908-1944) was a Russian resident of Yeniseysk Governorate who died during World War II an...
Veniamin Popov
1869–1945 (age 76)
Zaretskoye Cemetery, Petrozavodsk
Veniamin Popov (1869-1945) was a Russian individual from Yug who lived through both World Wars and was buried at Zaretsk...
Stepan Yakhontov
1853–1942 (age 89)
Sorrow Cemetery
Stepan Yakhontov (1853-1942) was a Russian who lived through the late Imperial era into World War II and was buried at S...
Pyotr Nicolaievich Tchaplygin
1896–1948 (age 52)
Zaretskoye Cemetery, Petrozavodsk
Soviet actor who performed during the early-to-mid 20th century.
Adolf Urban
1914–1943 (age 29)
Korpowo German war cemetery
Hans Albrecht Löhr
1922–1942 (age 20)
Korpowo German war cemetery
German stage actor who died during World War II at age 20.
Platon Chernyayev
1897–1942 (age 45)
Mechyotinskaya
Grigory Pinchuk
1912–1944 (age 32)
Kronstadt Russian cemetery
Soviet military officer who died in service during World War II.
Mikalai Haluza
1922–1944 (age 22)
Chistye Prudy mass grave
Philipp Nikolai Woldemar Schaeffer
1894–1943 (age 49)
Volkovskoe Lutheran cemetery
German librarian who contributed to knowledge preservation in the early 20th century.
Aleksej Ivanovič Čistov
1867–1942 (age 75)
Zhegalovo Cemetery
Anton Chirkov
1902–1946 (age 44)
Zhegalovo Cemetery
Russian painter active during the early-to-mid 20th century.
Aliya Moldagulova
1925–1944 (age 19)
Братская могила воинов 43 гвардейской Латышской дивизии, погибших в 1944 г. при освобождении Псковской области от немецко-фашистских захватчиков; на могиле установлен памятник
Tuleugali Abdybekov
1916–1944 (age 28)
Братская могила воинов 43 гвардейской Латышской дивизии, погибших в 1944 г. при освобождении Псковской области от немецко-фашистских захватчиков; на могиле установлен памятник
Soviet sniper who died in 1944 during the liberation of the Pskov region.
Jānis Rainbergs
1901–1944 (age 43)
Братская могила воинов 43 гвардейской Латышской дивизии, погибших в 1944 г. при освобождении Псковской области от немецко-фашистских захватчиков; на могиле установлен памятник
Maximilian Küttner
1868–1942 (age 74)
Volkovskoe Lutheran cemetery
German architect active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Silvio Danini
1867–1942 (age 75)
Volkovskoe Lutheran cemetery
Nikolai Belyaev
1890–1944 (age 54)
Volkovskoe Lutheran cemetery
Russian engineer who contributed to industrial development in the early 20th century.
Wilhelm Altberg
1877–1942 (age 65)
Volkovskoe Lutheran cemetery
Vasily Yakimov
1870–1940 (age 70)
Volkovskoe Lutheran cemetery
Russian botanist who conducted scientific research in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Alexander Pavlov-Arbenin
1871–1941 (age 70)
Volkovskoe Lutheran cemetery
Dmitry Ruzhentsev
1880–1947 (age 67)
Volkovskoe Lutheran cemetery
Dmitry Ruzhentsev was a veterinarian whose career spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Sergei Konstantinovich Veysov
1870–1944 (age 74)
Hɒly Trinity Cemetery
Nikolai Pavlyuk
1891–1941 (age 50)
Volkovskoe Lutheran cemetery
Nikolai Pavlyuk was a teacher whose career was devoted to education and student development.
Vito Artale
1882–1944 (age 62)
Rome
Piotr Dunin-Borkowski
1890–1949 (age 59)
Rome
Piotr Dunin-Borkowski was a diplomat who served in international relations during the early 20th century.
Horst Vogel
1916–1944 (age 28)
Italy
Giuseppe Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo
1901–1944 (age 43)
Rome
Giuseppe Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo was an Italian military officer who served during World War II.
Goffredo Coppola
1898–1945 (age 47)
Milan
Princess Romanework
1913–1941 (age 28)
Turin
Princess Romanework was a European noblewoman of the early 20th century.
Maria Candida of the Eucharist
1884–1949 (age 65)
Sicily
Princess Blanca of Bourbon
1868–1949 (age 81)
Tuscany
Princess Blanca of Bourbon was a member of European nobility who lived from 1868 to 1949.
Rolando Rivi
1931–1945 (age 14)
Emilia-Romagna
Buyanov, Nikolai Grigorievich
1925–1944 (age 19)
Tuscany
Soviet partisan who resisted Nazi occupation in Tuscany during World War II.
Czesław Nowak
1919–1944 (age 25)
Bologna
Angelo Dall'Oca Bianca
1858–1942 (age 84)
Verona
Photographer from Verona whose work documented early twentieth-century Italian life.
Mary Prichard Agnetti
1870–1948 (age 78)
Florence