Deaths in the 1950s

Ivan Nosenko

1902–1956 (age 54)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Leonid Govorov

1897–1955 (age 58)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Leonid Govorov (1897–1955) was a prominent Soviet military officer and commander.

Andrey Vyshinsky

1883–1954 (age 71)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Anatoly Kuzmin

1903–1954 (age 51)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Anatoly Kuzmin (1903–1954) was a Soviet metallurgist who advanced industrial development.

Ivan Likhachyov

1896–1956 (age 60)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Ivan Tevosian

1902–1958 (age 56)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Ivan Tevosian (1902–1958) was a Soviet diplomat who served in international relations.

Matvei Shkiryatov

1883–1954 (age 71)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Pavel Yudin

1902–1956 (age 54)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Pavel Yudin (1902–1956) was a Soviet engineer who contributed to industrial development.

Sergey Zhuk

1892–1957 (age 65)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Gleb Krzhizhanovsky

1872–1959 (age 87)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Gleb Krzhizhanovsky (1872–1959) was a pioneering Soviet engineer and economic planner.

Vyacheslav Malyshev

1902–1957 (age 55)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Lev Mekhlis

1889–1953 (age 64)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Lev Mekhlis (1889–1953) was a Soviet official, editor, and writer of political influence.

Grigory Petrovsky

1878–1958 (age 80)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Mikhail Vladimirsky

1874–1951 (age 77)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Mikhail Vladimirsky (1874–1951) was a Soviet physician who advanced public health.

Aleksandr Yefremov

1904–1951 (age 47)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Avraami Zavenyagin

1901–1956 (age 55)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Soviet politician honored with burial at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.

Vasili Blokhin

1895–1955 (age 60)

Donskoe cemetery

Arno Esch

1928–1951 (age 23)

Donskoe cemetery

German politician who lived during a transformative period in early 20th-century Europe.

Lavrentiy Beria

1899–1953 (age 54)

Donskoe cemetery

Alexander Rodchenko

1891–1956 (age 65)

Donskoe cemetery

Pioneering Soviet photographer and avant-garde artist whose innovative work defined early Soviet modernism.

Varvara Stepanova

1894–1958 (age 64)

Donskoe cemetery

Iogann Altman

1900–1955 (age 55)

Donskoe cemetery

Soviet literary critic whose scholarly work advanced the study of Russian literature.

Yelena Bekman-Shcherbina

1882–1951 (age 69)

Donskoe cemetery

Ivan Shmelyov

1873–1950 (age 77)

Donskoe cemetery

Renowned Russian writer whose novels captured the psychological depths of Russian society.

Leib Kvitko

1890–1952 (age 62)

Donskoe cemetery

Aleksandr Khinchin

1894–1959 (age 65)

Donskoe cemetery

Eminent Soviet mathematician whose work in probability theory fundamentally advanced mathematical science.

Peretz Markish

1895–1952 (age 57)

Donskoe cemetery

Vsevolod Merkulov

1895–1953 (age 58)

Donskoe cemetery

Soviet writer whose works engaged with the intellectual and social themes of his era.

Theodore Rothstein

1871–1953 (age 82)

Donskoe cemetery

Herbert Belter

1929–1951 (age 22)

Donskoe cemetery

Revolutionary activist whose commitment to political change shaped the early Soviet period.

Pavel Artemenko

1896–1950 (age 54)

Donskoe cemetery

Yakov Berezin

1890–1957 (age 67)

Donskoe cemetery

Soviet engineer whose technical innovations contributed to Soviet industrial development.

Pyotr Bondarenko

1901–1950 (age 49)

Donskoe cemetery

Ilya Borozdin

1883–1959 (age 76)

Donskoe cemetery

Respected Soviet historian whose scholarly work advanced understanding of Russian history.

Alexander Bragin

1881–1953 (age 72)

Donskoe cemetery

Dmitry Aleksandrovich Wenzel

1898–1955 (age 57)

Donskoe cemetery

Russian physicist who contributed to Soviet science during the early-to-mid twentieth century.

Alexander Voznesensky

1898–1950 (age 52)

Donskoe cemetery

Sergey Kartsevski

1884–1955 (age 71)

Donskoe cemetery

Influential Russian linguist who advanced the study of language in twentieth-century Soviet academia.

Sergei Khudyakov

1901–1950 (age 49)

Donskoe cemetery

Sergo Goglidze

1901–1953 (age 52)

Donskoe cemetery

Soviet military officer who served his nation during the twentieth century.

Vasily Gordov

1896–1950 (age 54)

Donskoe cemetery

Fyodor Parparov

1893–1959 (age 66)

Donskoe cemetery

Soviet intelligence officer who served during the Cold War era.

Vladimir Uralsky

1887–1955 (age 68)

Donskoe cemetery

Pyotr Isakov

1900–1957 (age 57)

Donskoe cemetery

Russian association football coach who contributed to Soviet athletics in the twentieth century.

Alexander Gapeev

1881–1958 (age 77)

Donskoe cemetery

Yakov Dukor

1906–1951 (age 45)

Donskoe cemetery

Soviet screenwriter whose work enriched Russian cinema in the twentieth century.

Vasily Eramishantsev

1875–1958 (age 83)

Donskoe cemetery

Vasily Eramishantsev (1875-1958) was a Russian individual from Grigoriopol who was laid to rest at Donskoe Cemetery.

Bella Zorich

1891–1959 (age 68)

Donskoe cemetery

Russian screenwriter whose work contributed to Soviet cinema during the twentieth century.

Nikołaj Kiriłłow

1897–1950 (age 53)

Donskoe cemetery

Michail Ilitsj Kossa

1921–1950 (age 29)

Donskoe cemetery

Russian individual who lived during the early-to-mid twentieth century.