Platon Udovenko dies at 85
Platon Udovenko, a Ukrainian bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, died in Moscow on November 6, 2026, aged 85. Born Vladimir Petrovich Udovenko on November 17, 1940, in the settlement…
Famous Dead People from Russia
Over 3,000 obituaries for famous people from Russia who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Yuri Kayurov passes away at age 99
Yuri Ivanovich Kayurov, a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, died November 6, 2026, aged 99. Born in Cherepovets, then in the Soviet Union, on September 30, 1927, Kayurov…
Leonid Arkayev dead at age 86
Leonid Arkayev, a Russian gymnast and gymnastics coach inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, died in Moscow on November 6, 2026, aged 86. Born in Moscow on June…
Pavel Moiseyev dies at 39
Pavel Moiseyev, a Russian politician and educator who served in the Tambov Oblast Duma, died in a traffic collision on November 5, 2026, aged 39. His full name was Pavel…
Mikhail Vasiliev obituary: died at age 64
Mikhail Vasiliev, a Russian ice hockey player, died November 5, 2026, aged 64. Born Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vasiliev on June 8, 1962, in Elektrogorsk, in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet…
Bernard Cafferty dead at age 92
Bernard Cafferty, the English chess master, writer and editor, died in Hastings, Sussex, on November 4, 2026, aged 92. Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, he became one of England’s leading players…
Yekaterina Raikina has died at age 89
Yekaterina Raikina, a Russian actress, died in Moscow on November 3, 2026, aged 89. Born in Leningrad on April 15, 1938, she was the daughter of actor Arkady Raikin and…
Death of Ignatiy Lapkin at age 87
Ignatiy Lapkin, a Russian Orthodox preacher and author, died November 2, 2026, aged 87. Born in Karpovsky on June 10, 1939, he grew up in a large Old Believer family,…
Bronislava Volková, died aged 80
Bronislava Volková, a Czech-American poet, died on October 29, 2026, aged 80. Born Bronislava Fischerová in Děčín, she grew up in Prague and completed her primary and secondary schooling there.…
Andrei Nemykin dies at 54
Andrei Nemykin, a Russian footballer, died on October 28, 2026, aged 54. Born on February 20, 1972, he was also known by his full name, Andrei Alekseyevich Nemykin. He was…
Valery Lysenko died at age 65
Valery Lysenko, a Russian drummer and singer with Mister Twister, died October 27, 2026, aged 65. The band, which is identified with Lysenko’s work as a performer, was formed in…
David Rigert, died aged 79
David Rigert, a Russian Olympic weightlifter and coach, died October 26, 2026, in Rostov Oblast, aged 79. Born David Adamovich Rigert in Nagornoye, in the Kazakh SSR, he competed for…
Andrei Doroshkevich died at age 89
Andrei Georgievich Doroshkevich, a Russian theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist, died October 26, 2026, aged 89. Born January 22, 1937, he was identified as both Russian and former Soviet, and studied…
Walter Koenig death at age 90
Walter Koenig, the American actor and screenwriter known for Pavel Chekov in Star Trek, died October 25, 2026, aged 90. Born Walter Marvin Koenig in Chicago, he began acting professionally…
Misha Mavashi died at age 41
Misha Mavashi, a Russian rapper and political activist, died October 25, 2026, aged 41. In 2022, he founded Northern Man (Severnyy chelovek); his real name was Mikhail Nitz. The Russian…
Misha Mavashi died at age 41
Misha Mavashi, the Russian rapper and singer-songwriter, died on October 25, 2026, aged 41. Born Mikhail Fyodorovich Nits on January 29, 1985, in Kostanay, then part of the Kazakh Soviet…
Oleg Breyev died at age 54
Oleg Viktorovich Breyev, a Russian politician and member of the Kursk Oblast Duma, died on October 24, 2026, aged 54. Born on March 12, 1972, in Lachinovo, in Kursk Oblast,…
Asim Kurjak has died at age 84
Asim Kurjak, a Croatian scientist and gynecologist, died October 23, 2026, aged 84. He served as president of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine and director of the Ian Donald…
Yury Tsyhalka passes away at age 43
Yury Tsyhalka, a Belarusian footballer, died on October 22, 2026, aged 43. Born in Minsk on May 27, 1983, he played for Dinamo Minsk and Dinamo Brest, and Shakhtyor Soligorsk…
Death of Nikolay Koshman at age 82
Nikolay Koshman, a Russian politician who served as deputy prime minister from 1999 to 2000, died on October 21, 2026, aged 82. Born on April 5, 1944, in Myronivka, in…
Alexander Sizov passed away at age 78
Alexander Alexandrovich Sizov, a Russian politician who served as a State Duma deputy from 2000 to 2007, died in Yaroslavl on October 21, 2026, aged 78. Born on September 12,…
Manuel Otto obituary: died at age 30
Manuel Otto, a German video game developer who created Stick Run, died by suicide on October 20, 2026, aged 30. Born on July 18, 1996, Otto was a 14-year-old secondary-school…
Sergey Kucherov obituary: died at age 46
Sergey Kucherov, a Russian track cyclist who competed for his country in the men’s team sprint at two Summer Olympics, died on October 20, 2026, aged 46. Born in Tula…
Obituary: Oleg Garin, dead at age 60
Oleg Garin, the Russian footballer and manager associated with Okean Nakhodka and Lokomotiv Moscow as a player and Dynamo Bryansk as a manager, died October 20, 2026, aged 60. Born…
Death of Isaak Sigal at age 99
Isaak Sigal, a Ukrainian scientist, died October 20, 2026, aged 99. Born in Vinnytsia on March 31, 1927, he studied at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and pursued research on…
Vladlen Dozortsev dead at age 87
Vladlen Dozortsev, a Russian-Latvian politician who served in Latvia’s legislature, died in Latvia on October 19, 2026, aged 87. Born on July 3, 1939, in Roslavl, Smolensk Oblast, in the…
Vladlens Dozorcevs, died aged 87
Vladlens Dozorcevs, a Russian-Latvian politician, died on October 19, 2026, aged 87. Born on July 3, 1939, in Roslavl, Smolensk Oblast, in the Russian SFSR, he was educated at the…
Denis Boytsov passes away at age 40
Denis Boytsov, a Russian boxer, died on October 17, 2026, aged 40. Born Denis Nikolayevich Boytsov on February 14, 1986, he was from Oryol, then in the Russian SFSR of…
Vladimir Baranov dies at age 70
Vladimir Baranov, a Russian actor whose film credits included Torpedo Bombers, Breakthrough and Russian Ark, died in Ryazan on October 10, 2026, aged 70. Born in Ryazan on May 26,…
Musa Taimazov obituary: died at age 42
Musa Taimazov, a Russian Paralympic athlete, died October 10, 2026, aged 42. Born on April 8, 1984, he competed in para-athletics for Russia. His full name was Musa Izamutdinovich Taimazov.…
Nikolay Tevetkel obituary: died at age 90
Nikolay Tevetkel, a Russian poet and translator, died in Cheboksary on October 6, 2026, aged 90. He was also a prose writer and playwright, working across several literary forms. Born…
Death of Vladimir Gogoladze at age 60
Vladimir Gogoladze, the Georgian gymnast who represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Olympic Games, died on October 4, 2026, aged 60. Born in Tbilisi on August 18, 1966, he…
Shalva Bedoyev passes away at age 85
Shalva Bedoyev, a Russian painter, died on October 4, 2026, aged 85. Born on October 15, 1940, in the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast, he became known as a Soviet and…
Vladimir Khanan dead at age 81
Vladimir Khanan, a Russian-Israeli poet, prose writer and essayist, died on October 3, 2026, at age 81. Born in Yerevan on May 9, 1945, he was also known by his…
Anatoly Kashpirovsky passes away at age 87
Anatoly Kashpirovsky, the Ukrainian-born Russian psychotherapist, hypnotist and politician who became one of the Soviet Union’s best-known alternative healers, died on October 3, 2026, aged 87. Born Anatoly Mikhailovich Kashpirovsky…
Darya Shipilova passes away at age 28
Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old Russian laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, died on October 2, 2026, under unclear circumstances. She worked at…
Hubert Colin de Verdière death at age 84
Hubert Colin de Verdière, a French diplomat who served as ambassador to Russia and Algeria, died on October 2, 2026, aged 84. Born in Roubaix on October 31, 1941, during…
Alisa Aksyonova dies at age 95
Alisa Aksyonova, a Russian museum director, died on October 1, 2026, aged 95. Born Alisa Ivanovna Kurnaeva on March 13, 1931, in Savino in what is now Ivanovo Oblast, she…
Rafil Garifullin passed away at age 82
Rafil Khatmullovich Garifullin, a Russian politician who served in the State Assembly of the Republic of Bashkortostan, died in Ufa on September 29, 2026, aged 82. Born on August 17,…
Yevgeny Sverdlov obituary: died at age 87
Yevgeny Sverdlov, a Russian biochemist and academic, died on September 28, 2026, aged 87. Born Yevgeny Davidovich Sverdlov on November 16, 1938, in Dnipro, he became a Doctor of Sciences…
Steven T. Walther has died at age 83
Steven T. Walther, an American attorney and former Federal Election Commission commissioner, died September 27, 2026, aged 83. Born in Reno, Nevada, on July 18, 1943, he earned a Bachelor…
Maksim Ovodenko, died aged 96
Maksim Ovodenko, a Russian metallurgist and aeronautical scientist and member of the Russian Academy of Engineering, died on September 26, 2026, aged 96. Born in Cherkasy on August 11, 1930,…
Zosima Ostapenko dies at age 76
Zosima Ostapenko, a Russian Orthodox prelate, died on September 25, 2026, aged 76. Born Vladimir Mikhailovich Ostapenko on July 12, 1950, in the Astrakhan District, he was a Russian archbishop…
Nikolay Velikdan obituary: died at age 70
Nikolay Velikdan, a Russian politician and chairman of the Duma of Stavropol Krai, died September 25, 2026, aged 70. Born Nikolay Timofeyevich Velikdan on March 6, 1956, he came from…
Aleksei Kozlov has died at age 90
Aleksei Kozlov, the Russian saxophonist and jazz musician who helped shape Soviet-era jazz, died on September 25, 2026, aged 90. Born in Moscow on October 13, 1935, he became one…
Zosima Ostapenko dies at age 76
Zosima Ostapenko died on September 25, 2026, aged 76. He was a Russian Orthodox prelate. Tags Other, 25 September 2026, Ostapenko, Russia, Zosima, September 2026, September 25
Sergey Sosedov death at age 59
Sergey Sosedov, the Russian journalist and music critic who served as a judge on televised music contests, died on September 23, 2026, aged 59. Born Sergey Vasilevich Sosedov in Moscow,…
Vyacheslav Dolgov died at age 89
Vyacheslav Dolgov, a Russian diplomat and professor, died on September 23, 2026, aged 89. Born Vyacheslav Ivanovich Dolgov in Moscow on July 31, 1937, he graduated from the Moscow State…
Konstantin Polezhayev dead at age 54
Konstantin Polezhayev, a Russian politician who served as mayor of Belgorod from 2015 to 2019 and later as deputy governor of Belgorod Oblast, died on September 22, 2026, aged 54.…
Mykola Karpyuk has died at age 62
Mykola Karpyuk, a Ukrainian political activist and former vice leader of UNA-UNSO, died on September 19, 2026, aged 62. Born Mykola Andronovych Karpyuk on May 21, 1964, in Velykyi Zhytyn,…
Sergei Tchepikov dies at age 59
Sergei Tchepikov, the Russian politician, biathlete and cross-country skier, died on September 17, 2026, aged 59. Born Sergei Vladimirovich Tchepikov in Khor, in what was then the Russian SFSR of…
Obituary: Viktor Anushkevychus, dead at age 63
Viktor Anushkevychus, a Ukrainian politician who served as mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk, died on September 15, 2026, aged 63. He was born on November 15, 1962, in Vorkuta, in the Komi…
Aleksandr Kupriyanov passed away at age 74
Aleksandr Kupriyanov, a Soviet footballer, died on September 14, 2026, aged 74. Born on July 23, 1952, he was also known as Aleksandr Ivanovich Kupriyanov and was born in the…
Anton Grunis dies at 46
Anton Grunis, a Russian military commander, died on September 13, 2026, at age 46. Also known as Anton Feliksovich Grunis, he was born in Kazan on October 5, 1979, and…
Anton Grunis dies at 46
Anton Grunis, a Russian military commander, died on September 13, 2026, at age 46. Born in Kazan on October 5, 1979, he rose through the Russian armed forces to become…
Nikolay Podgornov dead at age 77
Nikolay Podgornov, the Russian politician who served as the first governor of Vologda Oblast, died on September 12, 2026, aged 77. Born Nikolay Mikhailovich Podgornov on May 15, 1949, in…
Nikolay Noev dead at age 38
Nikolay Noev, a Russian-born Tajik Olympic wrestler, died on September 12, 2026, aged 38. Born in February 1988 in Sakha Republic, he was a Yakut freestyle wrestler who later became…
Vsevolod Bogdanov passed away at age 82
Vsevolod Bogdanov, the Russian journalist who chaired the Russian Union of Journalists from 1992 to 2017, died on September 10, 2026, aged 82. Born on February 6, 1944, in Kholmogorsky…
Aleksey Borovitin has died at age 72
Aleksey Borovitin, the Russian Olympic ski jumper and Soviet-era competitor, died on September 9, 2026, aged 72. Born Aleksey Alekseyevich Borovitin in Kirov on February 14, 1954, he competed from…
Obituary: Alexander Sharovsky, dead at age 78
Alexander Sharovsky, the Azerbaijani actor and theatre director, died on September 9, 2026, aged 78. Born in Baku in 1948, he began his career in 1967 and went on to…
Obituary: Arvo Kruusement, dead at age 98
Arvo Kruusement, the Estonian screenwriter, film and theater director known for adapting works such as "Spring" (1969), "Summer" (1976) and "Autumn" (1990), died on September 8, 2026, aged 98. Born…
Obituary: Alexandr Pashchenko, dead at age 81
Alexandr Pashchenko died on September 8, 2026, aged 81. He was a Russian singer, actor and director, and a People's Artist of Russia. His death was reported in the context…
Obituary: Alexandr Pashchenko, dead at age 81
Alexandr Pashchenko, a Russian singer, actor, and director and People’s Artist of Russia, died on September 8, 2026, aged 81. Born in Orenburg on June 3, 1945, he became associated…
Iskhak Mashbash death at age 96
Iskhak Mashbash, a Russian poet, died on September 7, 2026, aged 96. Also known as Iskhak Shumafovich Mashbash and anglicised as Isaac Mashbash, he was a Circassian poet, writer and…
Death of Galina Mishenina at age 76
Galina Mishenina, a Russian rower and Olympic bronze medallist, died on September 7, 2026, aged 76. Mishenina, also known as Galina Andreevna Mishenina, was born on August 5, 1950, in…
Nina Popova death at age 81
Nina Popova, a Russian actress of stage, film and television, died on September 7, 2026, aged 81. Born in Bugulma in 1945, she trained at the Moscow Art Theatre School,…
Vadim Popov passes away at age 86
Vadim Popov, a Belarusian politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives, died on September 7, 2026, aged 86. Born Vadim Aleksandrovich Popov on July 5, 1940, in…
Nina Popova dies at 81
Nina Popova, a Russian actress who worked in theater and film, died on September 7, 2026, aged 81. Born in Bugulma on March 20, 1945, she studied at the Moscow…
Hadassah Carlebach dead at age 98
Hadassah Carlebach, a Russian-American Holocaust survivor and memoirist, died on September 6, 2026, at age 98. Born Hadassah Miriam Schneersohn in Leningrad in February 1928, she was the daughter of…
Georgy Matyukhin, died aged 92
Georgy Matyukhin, a Russian economist who served as chairman of the Central Bank of Russia from August 1990 to June 1992, died on September 5, 2026, aged 92. Born Georgy…
Death of Tadeush Kasyanov at age 87
Tadeush Kasyanov, a Soviet and Russian martial artist and stunt coordinator, died on September 4, 2026, aged 87. Born in Moscow on November 14, 1938, he also worked as an…
Vladimir Lakeev dies at age 77
Vladimir Lakeev, a Russian politician and communist party organizer, died on August 31, 2026, aged 77. Known also as Vladimir Ivanovich Lakeev, he was born in Moscow on August 13,…
Death of Anatoly Kholkin at age 89
Anatoly Kholkin, a Russian chemist, died on August 31, 2026, aged 89. Born Anatoly Ivanovich Kholkin on March 8, 1937, he was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences…
Obituary: Igor Grekhov, dead at age 91
Igor Grekhov, a Soviet and Russian physicist and electrical engineer whose work advanced the physics and engineering of power semiconductor devices, died on August 30, 2026, at age 91. Born…
Oleksandr Kasyan dead at age 37
Oleksandr Kasyan, a Ukrainian professional footballer, died on August 30, 2026, at age 37 after cardiac arrest. Born on January 27, 1989, in Bezimenne, he played as a forward and…
Vladimir Germanenko, died aged 82
Vladimir Germanenko, a Russian politician and senator, died on August 26, 2026, aged 82. He represented the Federation Council from 2001 to 2008. Born on February 22, 1944, in Vertiyivka,…
Yuri Tsurilo passes away at age 79
Yuri Tsurilo, the Russian actor known for roles in "Khrustalyov, My Car!," "Silent Souls" and "The Fool," died on August 26, 2026, aged 79. Born in Vyazniki, in what was…
Vladimir Germanenko, died aged 82
Vladimir Germanenko, the Russian politician and senator who served in the Federation Council from 2001 to 2008, died on August 26, 2026, aged 82. Vladimir Sergeyevich Germanenko was born on…
Boris Ebzeyev dies at age 76
Boris Ebzeyev, a Russian politician and jurist, died on August 23, 2026, aged 76. Born Boris Safarovich Ebzeyev, he served as a judge of the Constitutional Court of Russia from…
Sabirzhan Ruziyev death at age 73
Sabirzhan Ruziyev, a Kyrgyz fencer and Olympic silver medallist, died on August 22, 2026, aged 73. Born in Belovodskoye in the Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union, he competed for the Soviet…
Farit Zigangirov passed away at age 72
Farit Zigangirov, the Russian field hockey player who won a bronze medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, died on August 20, 2026, aged 72. Born in Kirov on August 15,…
Death of Igor Akhba at age 77
Igor Akhba, an Abkhaz diplomat and politician who served as the first ambassador of the Republic of Abkhazia to Russia, died on August 18, 2026, aged 77. Born in Sukhumi…
Andrey Sobolyev death at age 71
Andrey Sobolyev, a Russian political figure, died on August 17, 2026, aged 71. Born Andrey Nikolayevich Sobolev on December 1, 1954, in Ostrovnoy, he served as a member of the…
Rex A. Wade obituary: died at age 89
Rex A. Wade, an American historian and author, died on August 16, 2026, aged 89. Born in Piedmont, he was also known as Rex Arvin Wade and taught Russian and…
Konstantin M. Polivanov death at age 66
Konstantin M. Polivanov, a Russian scholar, died on August 15, 2026, aged 66. He was identified in the Russian Wikipedia as Konstantin Mikhailovich Polivanov, a literary scholar. No further biographical…
Rufat Riskiyev, died aged 76
Rufat Riskiyev, the Uzbek boxer and Olympic silver medallist, died on August 15, 2026, aged 76. Born in Akkurgan in the Uzbek SSR on October 2, 1949, he represented the…
Alexander Danilin, died aged 66
Alexander Danilin, a Russian writer, psychotherapist, psychiatrist and physician-narcologist, died on August 15, 2026, aged 66. Born on March 12, 1960, he was also known as Alexander Gennadievich Danilin, Aleksandr…
Obituary: Robert Shageev, dead at age 49
Robert Shageev, a Ukrainian-Russian Navy officer, died on August 13, 2026, aged 49. He commanded the Ukrainian submarine Zaporizhzhia and served as an officer in the Ukrainian Navy before later…
Mikhail Gulko obituary: died at age 95
Mikhail Gulko, the singer-songwriter known for his Russian chanson performances, died on August 12, 2026, at age 95. Born Mikhail Aleksandrovich Gulko on July 23, 1931, in Kharkiv, in the…
Alexander Romanovich dead at age 73
Alexander Romanovich, a Russian politician and military officer, died on August 11, 2026, aged 73. Born in Moscow on October 15, 1952, he was a member of A Just Russia…
Obituary: Vyacheslav Vorobyov, dead at age 63
Vyacheslav Vorobyov, a Russian footballer who played for Kuban, Tighina and KAMAZ, died on August 11, 2026, aged 63. Also known as Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Vorobyov, he was identified in records…
Alaksandar Milinkievič has died at age 79
Alaksandar Milinkievič, a Belarusian politician and opposition figure, died on August 11, 2026, aged 79. Born in Hrodna on July 25, 1947, he was a physicist, ethnologist, university teacher, historian,…
Natalia Trubnikova death at age 71
Natalia Trubnikova, a Russian ballerina and actress, died on August 10, 2026, aged 71. Born in Moscow on July 17, 1955, she trained at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts…
Pavel Syutkin obituary: died at age 104
Pavel Syutkin, a Russian army officer and Soviet artilleryman, died on August 10, 2026, aged 104. Born on June 19, 1922, in Slobodskoy Uyezd, he rose to become a Soviet…
Natalia Trubnikova death at age 71
Natalia Trubnikova, the Russian ballerina and actress known for her appearances in 31 June, The Twelve Chairs and Formula of Love, died on August 10, 2026, aged 71. She was…
Tania Verstak passed away at age 85
Tania Verstak, the Australian model and beauty queen who won Miss International 1962, died on August 10, 2026, aged 85. Born in Tianjin, China, she became the first migrant to…
Death of Ilya Kuleshin at age 25
Ilya Kuleshin, a Russian footballer who played for Khimik-Arsenal, Arsenal Tula and Avangard Kursk, died on August 9, 2026, aged 25. Born Ilya Vladimirovich Kuleshin on August 29, 2000, in…
Boris Conunov dies at 79
Boris Conunov, a Moldovan director and screenwriter, died on August 7, 2026, aged 79. Born in Tashkent on May 24, 1947, he was identified in Russian-language sources as a Soviet…
Rustem Zhantiev passes away at age 88
Rustem Zhantiev, a Russian scientist and entomologist, died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Yalta on October 11, 1937, he specialized in the systematics, ecology and physiology of…