Over 3,000 obituaries for famous people from Russia who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Yuri Vasilyevich Korolev, a Russian ice hockey administrator, coach and civil servant,
died on March 1, 2026, at age 91. Born in Moscow on June 6, 1934, he worked for…
Vadim Zelichenok, a Russian track and field coach and athletics administrator,
died on March 1, 2026. Born Vadim Borisovich Zelichenok on January 14, 1956, he graduated from SCOLIPE in 1977.…
Russian playwright and poet
Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Russian writer
Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Russian linguist
Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Slava Tsukerman, a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer,
died on February 28, 2026. Born Vladislav Markovich Tsukerman in Moscow in the Soviet Union, he was of Jewish origin and…
Vladimir Veber, a Moldovan footballer and manager,
died on February 26, 2026. Born on July 20, 1941, he was a goalkeeper who played for several teams, including Moldova Chișinău. After…
Russian actor (Brigada
Died on Wednesday February 25th 2026
Ariel, the Russian pop/rock band based in Chelyabinsk,
died on February 25, 2026. Formed in 1967 from the merger of two earlier ensembles, Ariel and Allegro, the group was headed…
Natalya Klimova, a Russian actress,
died on February 25, 2026. Born Natalya Ivanovna Klimova in Moscow on February 27, 1938, she graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School in 1963…
Irina Shevchuk, a Russian actress,
died on February 24, 2026. Born in Murmansk on October 6, 1951, she graduated from VGIK in 1972 and then worked at the Dovzhenko Film…
Nina Gabrielyan, a Russian-Armenian writer and artist,
died on February 24, 2026. Born in Moscow on October 16, 1953, she studied at the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages.…
Nikolay Blagodatov, a Russian collector of Soviet nonconformist art and member of the Section of Criticism and Art Criticism of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists,
died on February 23,…
Yaroslav Cherstvy, a Russian rower who represented the Soviet Union,
died on February 22, 2026, at the age of 92. Born on 7 May 1933, he competed at the 1956…
Buranovskiye Babushki, the Russian Udmurt-Russian ethno-pop band known as the "Buranovo Grannies,"
died on February 21, 2026. The group comprised eight elderly women from the village of Buranovo, Udmurtia, and…
Alexander Avdonin, a Russian geologist,
died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Sverdlovsk in 1932, he worked as a mineralogist and archeologist. Avdonin was known…
Shortparis, the Russian experimental music band formed in Saint Petersburg in 2011,
died on February 20, 2026. The group was formed by Nikolai Komyagin, Alexander Ionin and Pavel Lesnikov, who…
Nikolai Komyagin, the Russian singer best known as the vocalist of the experimental band Shortparis,
died on February 20, 2026. He was 39. Born in Novokuznetsk on January 31, 1987,…
Dmitry Bavilsky, a Russian writer, literary critic and journalist,
died on February 17, 2026. Born in Chelyabinsk on January 19, 1969, he graduated from Chelyabinsk State University in 1993 and…
Semyon Gluzman, a Ukrainian psychiatrist and human rights activist,
died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Kyiv on September 10, 1946, Gluzman graduated from the…
Maria Vagatova, a Russian Khanty poet,
died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Maria Kuzminichna Voldina on December 28, 1936, near the village of Yuilsk in…
Russian botanist
Died on Saturday February 14th 2026
Russian footballer
Died on Saturday February 14th 2026
Russian ice hockey player
Died on Saturday February 14th 2026
Roy Medvedev, a Russian politician and writer,
died on February 13, 2026, at the age of 100. Born in Tbilisi in 1925, he was known for his human rights activism…
Nikolay Tikhomirov, a Russian politician,
died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 74. Born on January 12, 1952, in Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast, in the Russian SFSR, Soviet…
Genrikh Padva, a Russian advocate,
died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Moscow on February 20, 1931, he graduated from the Moscow Law Institute in…
Viktor Kurochkin, a Russian politician,
died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 72. A member of Democratic Russia, he served in the Federation Council from 1994 to 1996…
Vladimir Kuroyedov, Russian admiral of the fleet and former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy,
died on February 5, 2026, at the age of 81. Kuroyedov led the navy from 1997…
Alevtina Fedulova, a Russian political activist and leader of the Soviet Women's Committee, later the Union of Women of Russia,
died on February 5, 2026, at the age of 85.…
Svetlana Zhiltsova, a Russian television presenter,
died on February 3, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Moscow on November 30, 1936, she was a Soviet television presenter who…
Ivan Nikulin, a Russian politician,
died on February 3, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Ivan Ivanovich Nikulin on July 10, 1936, in Bryansk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union,…
Valentin Balakhnichev, a Russian engineer and athletics coach,
died on February 2, 2026. Born on April 23, 1949, in Lutsk, Soviet Union, he was a former athlete for the Soviet…
Russian Chuvash artist
Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Russian politician
Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Russian conductor
Died on Tuesday January 27th 2026
Russian football manager and player
Died on Tuesday January 27th 2026
Russian guitarist (Lyube)
Died on Sunday January 25th 2026
Russian politician
Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Russian director
Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Russian scientist
Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Soviet and Russian footballer (FC Lokomotiv Moscow)
Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Russian air defense designer
Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Alexander Ryazanov, a Russian air defense designer,
died on January 18, 2026, at the age of 93. He designed the S-25, S-75, S-200, and S-300 air defense systems. Ryazanov was…
Russian priest
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026
Russian historian and author
Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Russian cinematographer
Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Russian cinematographer
Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Russian footballer
Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Russian football player
Died on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Russian actor (Taxi Blues
Died on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Russian Olympic sprint canoeist (1988)
Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Russian Olympic sprint canoeist (1988)
Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Russian baseball player (national team)
Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Russian weightlifter
Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Russian politician
Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Russian biathlete
Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Russian figure skater
Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Russian handball coach
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Russian foreman
Died on Saturday January 3rd 2026
Russian actor and screenwriter (Engineering Red
Died on Friday January 2nd 2026
Russian-Armenian test pilot
Died on Thursday January 1st 2026
Tajik-Russian football player (Tajikistan national team
Died on Thursday January 1st 2026
Yuri Sudakov, a Russian boxer and boxing coach,
died on December 31, 2025, at the age of 77. Born Yuri Evgenievich Sudakov on July 3, 1948, in Moscow, he competed…
Russian illusionist
Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Russian-born Ukrainian paramilitary leader
Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
Russian actress
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Russian army officer
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Russian actress
Died on Thursday December 25th 2025
Russian chess player
Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Russian violinist
Died on Monday December 22nd 2025
Russian general
Died on Monday December 22nd 2025
Russian actor (The Envy of Gods
Died on Saturday December 20th 2025
Russian convicted murderer and cannibal
Died on Friday December 19th 2025
Russian cyclist and cycling coach
Died on Friday December 19th 2025
Russian politician
Died on Thursday December 18th 2025
Russian politician
Died on Wednesday December 17th 2025
Russian mathematician
Died on Tuesday December 16th 2025
Russian military officer
Died on Tuesday December 16th 2025
Russian musician
Died on Sunday December 14th 2025
Russian politician
Died on Sunday December 14th 2025
Russian politician
Died on Saturday December 13th 2025
Russian politician
Died on Saturday December 13th 2025
Russian painter
Died on Saturday December 13th 2025
Russian politician
Died on Saturday December 13th 2025
Russian bandy player (Vodnik) and executive
Died on Thursday December 11th 2025
Russian diplomat
Died on Monday December 8th 2025
Russian economist and politician
Died on Thursday December 4th 2025
Russian actress (Over the Dark Water
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Russian supercentenarian
Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
Russian speed skater
Died on Saturday November 29th 2025
Russian sociologist
Died on Friday November 28th 2025
Russian football coach and player
Died on Friday November 28th 2025
Russian chemist
Died on Thursday November 27th 2025
Russian actor
Died on Wednesday November 26th 2025
Russian weapons designer
Died on Wednesday November 26th 2025
Russian football player (Dynamo Moscow
Died on Tuesday November 25th 2025
Russian actress
Died on Monday November 24th 2025
Russian economist and politician
Died on Monday November 24th 2025
