Deaths from Russia
Vera Glagoleva
Soviet and Russian actress · 16 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 16
Yuri Ryzhov
Soviet and Russian scientist and politician · 29 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 29
Valeri Maslov
Russian football and bandy player and coach · 27 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 27
Guennady Moisseev
Russian motocross racer · 24 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 24 · Other
Artyom Tarasov
Russian businessman and activist · 23 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 23 · Other
Nikolay Kamenskiy
Russian ski jumper · 21 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 21 · Other
Vladimir Tolokonnikov
Kazakh-Russian actor · 16 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 16
Imran Usmanov
Russian Chechen folk singer · 15 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 15
Tamara Miansarova
Soviet and Russian pop singer · 13 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 13
Georgy Koshlakov
Russian-born Tajik politician and scientist · 09 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 9
Anton Nossik
Israeli (Vesti daily newspaper) and Russian journalist · 09 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 9
Daniil Granin
Soviet-Russian author · 04 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 4
Andrey Dvinyaninov
Russian sledge hockey player · 25 June 2017 · June 2017 · June 25
Sergei Mylnikov
Russian ice hockey player (SKA Leningrad · 20 June 2017 · June 2017 · June 20
Nikolay Tatarinov
Russian modern pentathlete · 19 June 2017 · June 2017 · June 19 · Other
Aleksey Batalov
Soviet-Russian actor (The Cranes Are Flying · 15 June 2017 · June 2017 · June 15
Sergei Vikharev
Russian ballet dancer · 13 June 2017 · June 2017 · June 13 · Other
Alexander Burdonsky
Russian theatre director · 24 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 24 · Other
Vladimir Pereturin
Russian football player and TV commentator · 22 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 22
Firuz Kazemzadeh
Russian-born American historian · 19 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 19
Viktor Gorbatko
Russian cosmonaut · 17 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 17 · Other
Oleg Vidov
Russian actor (Red Heat · 16 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 16
Alexander Bodunov
Russian ice hockey player (Soviet national team) · 12 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 12
Grigori Zhislin
Russian volinist · 04 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 4 · Other
Sergei Borisovich Ilyin
Russian literary translator · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24 · Ilyin · Other
Denis Petrov
Russian kickboxer · 06 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 6 · Other
Alexei Abrikosov
Russian-American theoretical physicist · 30 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 30
Valeri Glushakov
Kazakh-born Russian football player (Spartak Moscow · 29 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 29
Eduard Mudrik
Ukrainian-born Russian football player (Dynamo Moscow) · 27 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 27
Vladimir Kazachyonok
Russian football player (Zenit) and manager (Dynamo Saint Petersburg) · 26 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 26
Teodor Oizerman
Soviet and Russian philosopher · 25 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 25
Denis Voronenkov
former Russian Duma deputy · 23 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 23
Pyotr Prusov
Russian car designer (LADA 4x4) · 20 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 20 · Other
Sergei Gimayev
Russian ice hockey player and TV sports presenter · 18 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 18
Yelena Naimushina
Russian gymnast · 15 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 15 · Other
Oleg Vasilyev
Russian environmental engineer · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13 · Other
Bella Striganova
Russian entomologist · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13 · Other
Akio Kimura
Japanese professor of Russian studies · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13
Dmitry Mezhevich
Russian actor and bard · 09 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 9
Ludvig Faddeev
Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician · 26 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 26
Cyril Pavlov
Russian religious leader · 20 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 20 · Other
Victor Arbekov
Russian motocross racer · 20 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 20 · Other
Vitaly Churkin
Russian diplomat and Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations (since 2006) · 20 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 20
Vasily Kudinov
Russian professional handballer & Olympic champion · 11 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 11 · Other
Georgi Taratorkin
Russian theatrical and cinema actor · 04 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 4
Tatiana Repeikina
Russian footballer (Ryazan VDV · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29
Valery Bolotov
Russian militant leader · 27 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 27 · Other
Rafael Kadyrov
Russian ice hockey referee · 21 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 21 · Other
Spartak Belyaev
Russian theoretical physicist · 09 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 9
Igor Volk
Ukrainian-born Russian cosmonaut and test pilot · 04 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 4 · Other
Viktor Tsaryov
Russian footballer and coach (Dynamo Moscow · 02 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 2
Faina Melnik
Ukrainian-born Russian discus thrower · 28 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 28 · Other
Aleksander Shlepyanov
Russian film script writer and art expert · 25 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 25
Yevgeny Dzhugashvili
Russian-Georgian activist and politician · 22 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 22
Sergei Razaryonov
Russian football coach and player · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Faina Melnyk
Ukrainian-born Russian discus thrower · 16 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 16 · Other
Gennady Tsygurov
Russian ice hockey player (Traktor Chelyabinsk) · 15 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 15
Yevgeny Yufit
Russian filmmaker · 14 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 14 · Other
Viktor Danilov
Russian-born Belarusian Greek-Catholic priest and Soviet dissident · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10 · Other