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 Ukraine
Over 1,000 obituaries for famous people from Ukraine who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Liudmyla Radchenko has died at age 94
Liudmyla Radchenko, a Ukrainian athlete and long jumper, died October 29, 2026, aged 94. Born in Kyiv on October 1, 1932, when the city was part of the Ukrainian Soviet…
Ursula von Rydingsvard dead at age 84
Ursula von Rydingsvard, a German-born American sculptor, died October 27, 2026, aged 84, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born Ursula Karoliszyn in Deensen, Germany, in 1942, she was the daughter…
Fedir Stryhun passed away at age 86
Fedir Stryhun, the Ukrainian actor and director whose screen credits included The Lost Letter, Such Late, Such Warm Autumn and The Guide, died in Lviv on October 23, 2026, aged…
Fedir Stryhun passed away at age 86
Fedir Stryhun, a Ukrainian actor and director, died in Lviv on October 23, 2026, aged 86. Born in Tomashivka in the Cherkasy region on November 1, 1939, he trained at…
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…
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…
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…
Vissarion Stretovych, died aged 72
Vissarion Stretovych, a Ukrainian bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, died on September 18, 2026, aged 72. Born on December 4, 1953, in Polianka, he was an Eastern Orthodox priest…
Vissarion Stretovych, died aged 72
Vissarion Stretovych, a Ukrainian bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, died on September 18, 2026, aged 72. Born Vasyl Oleksandrovych Stretovych in the village of Polyanka in Zhytomyr region, he…
Viktor Anuškevičius dies at age 63
Viktor Anuškevičius, the Ukrainian politician who served as mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk, died on September 15, 2026, aged 63. Born in Vorkuta in the Komi ASSR, he later moved to Ivano-Frankivsk…
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…
Karen Dubinsky dead at age 68
Karen Dubinsky, a Canadian historian and professor at Queen’s University, died of lung cancer on September 4, 2026, aged 68. Born Karen Elaine Dubinsky in London, Ontario, she grew up…
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…
Mykola Dzyuba death at age 79
Mykola Dzyuba, a Ukrainian politician, died on August 28, 2026, aged 79. Born Mykola Hryhorovych Dzyuba on November 12, 1946, in Suvyd, then part of the Ukrainian SSR, he served…
Vereslav Eingorn, died aged 69
Vereslav Eingorn, a Ukrainian chess grandmaster, coach and author, died on August 18, 2026, aged 69. Born in Odesa in 1956, he earned the grandmaster title in 1986 and became…
Dariya Alioshkina passes away at age 44
Dariya Alioshkina, a Ukrainian sculptor and traditional handicrafts artist, died on August 15, 2026, aged 44. Born in Kyiv on March 5, 1982, she was the daughter of noted Ukrainian…
Obituary: Daria Alyoshkina, dead at age 44
Daria Alyoshkina, the Ukrainian visual artist known for her vytynanka cut artworks, died on August 15, 2026, aged 44. Born in Kyiv in 1982, she was a papercut artist who…
Yevhen Shaho death at age 84
Yevhen Shaho, a Ukrainian politician and engineer who served as a deputy in the Verkhovna Rada from 2006 to 2012, died on August 14, 2026, aged 84. Born Yevhen Petrovych…
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…
Valeriy Davydov dead at age 71
Valeriy Davydov, a Ukrainian artist and teacher, died on August 7, 2026, aged 71. He was born on November 21, 1954, in Kirovohrad and later studied at the Institute of…
Oleksii Yukov obituary: died at age 40
Oleksii Yukov, a Ukrainian war archaeologist and head of the volunteer group Platzdarm, died on August 5, 2026, aged 40, after being killed by a landmine. Known formally as Oleksii…
Vitaliy Dakhivnyk has died at age 53
Vitaliy Dakhivnyk, a Ukrainian sculptor, died on July 25, 2026, aged 53. Born on April 26, 1973, in Uman, Cherkasy region, he graduated from the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and…
Hanna Drul, died aged 65
Hanna Drul, a Ukrainian decorative ceramics artist, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 65. Born on September 22, 1960, in Chervonohrad, now Sheptytskyi, in Lviv Oblast, she…
Death of Jury Chaščavacki at age 78
Jury Chaščavacki, the Belarusian film director and screenwriter known for Kalinovski Square, died on July 23, 2026. He was 78. Born on October 18, 1947, in Odesa, he was also…
Taras Loshak dead at age 46
Taras Loshak, a Ukrainian folk craftsman and maker of traditional woodwind instruments, died on July 21, 2026. He was known as a sopilka master, artisan and creator of folk wind…
Vladyslav Duyun passes away at age 49
Vladyslav Duyun, a Ukrainian footballer who also held Russian citizenship, died on July 15, 2026, at the age of 49. Born on May 9, 1977, in Izmail, he was known…
Ihor Losiev died at age 71
Ihor Losiev, a Ukrainian political scientist and publicist, died on July 15, 2026. Born in Sevastopol on March 10, 1955, he became known as a columnist, journalist, and scholar of…
Oleksandr Kolesnikov has died at age 76
Oleksandr Kolesnikov died on July 8, 2026. He was a Ukrainian politician. Tags Politicians, 08 July 2026, Kolesnikov, Oleksandr, Ukraine, Virgo, July 2026, July 8
Obituary: Ihor Zvarych, dead at age 73
Ihor Zvarych died on July 8, 2026. He was a Ukrainian politician. Tags Politicians, Scientists, 08 July 2026, Ihor, Scorpio, Ukraine, Zvarych, July 2026, July 8
Mykola Avramenko passes away at age 74
Mykola Avramenko died on July 1, 2026. He was a Ukrainian weightlifting coach. Tags Athletes, 01 July 2026, Avramenko, Libra, Mykola, Ukraine, July 1, July 2026
Mykola Yanchenko obituary: died at age 66
Mykola Yanchenko died on July 1, 2026. Tags Musicians, 01 July 2026, Mykola, Sagittarius, Ukraine, Yanchenko, July 1, July 2026
Mykola Avramenko passes away at age 74
Mykola Avramenko died on July 1, 2026. He was a Ukrainian weightlifting coach. Tags Athletes, 01 July 2026, Avramenko, Libra, Mykola, Ukraine, July 1, July 2026
Mykola Frolov passes away at age 67
Mykola Frolov, a Ukrainian politician and academic administrator, died on June 27, 2026, at the age of 67. Born in Zaporizhzhia on January 9, 1959, he became a prominent figure…
Obituary: Ihor Zvarych, dead at age 66
Ihor Zvarych died on June 27, 2026. He was a Ukrainian literary critic. Tags Writers, 27 June 2026, Cancer, Ihor, Ukraine, Zvarych, June 2026, June 27
Mykola Frolov passes away at age 67
Mykola Frolov died on June 27, 2026. Tags Politicians, 27 June 2026, Capricorn, Frolov, Mykola, Ukraine, June 2026, June 27
Death of Bata Nedic at age 64
Bata Nedic died on June 25, 2026. Tags Actors, 25 June 2026, Bata, Gemini, Nedic, Ukraine, June 2026, June 25
Obituary: Petro Volvach, dead at age 87
Petro Volvach died on June 22, 2026. Tags Scientists, Writers, 22 June 2026, Petro, Sagittarius, Ukraine, Volvach, June 2026, June 22
Oleksandr Riabeka death at age 66
Oleksandr Riabeka, a Ukrainian politician and former member of parliament, died on June 21, 2026, at age 66. Born in Ovruch on November 26, 1959, he served as a People's…
Death of Natalia Belitser at age 87
Natalia Belitser died on June 18, 2026. Tags Scientists, 18 June 2026, Belitser, Natalia, Ukraine, June 18, June 2026
Serhiy Osyka dies at 71
Serhiy Osyka, a Ukrainian politician who served as a deputy in the Verkhovna Rada from 2002 to 2012, died on June 15, 2026, at age 71. Born in Kyiv on…
Serhiy Osyka dies at 71
Serhiy Osyka died on June 15, 2026. He was a Ukrainian politician. Tags Politicians, 15 June 2026, Aries, Osyka, Serhiy, Ukraine, June 15, June 2026
Yulen Uralov dead at age 101
Yulen Uralov, a Ukrainian Olympic fencer who competed at the 1952 Games, died on June 10, 2026. He was 101. Born in Kyiv on November 23, 1924, Uralov was also…
Viacheslav Bielskyi died at age 72
Viacheslav Bielskyi, a Ukrainian politician who served as a deputy from 1994 to 1998, died on June 10, 2026, at the age of 72. Born Viacheslav Ivanovych Bielskyi on May…
Death of Vyacheslav Sharpar at age 39
Vyacheslav Sharpar, a Ukrainian footballer, died on June 2, 2026. He was 39. Known also as Vyacheslav Volodymyrovych Sharpar, he was born on June 2, 1987, in Zelenodolsk, then in…
Nemesio Pozuelo dies at 85
Nemesio Pozuelo, a footballer who played for Torpedo Moscow, Spartak Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg, died on May 28, 2026. He was 85. Born on July 7, 1940, in Kharkiv,…
Stepan Kubiv obituary: died at age 64
Stepan Kubiv, a Ukrainian politician who served as first deputy prime minister from 2016 to 2019 and as chairman of the National Bank in 2014, died on May 18, 2026.…
Viktor Kuzmenko Ukrainian rescuer, Hero of Ukraine dies
Viktor Kuzmenko died on May 5, 2026. He was a Ukrainian rescuer and was named a Hero of Ukraine in 2025. Viktor Kuzmenko, Ukrainian rescuer, Hero of Ukraine (2025). Tags…
Yevgeny Sivokon died at age 88
Yevgeny Sivokon, a Ukrainian film director, died on May 5, 2026. He was 88. Born in Kyiv on May 7, 1937, he worked as a director of animated films in…
Yevhen Syvokin death at age 88
Yevhen Syvokin, a Ukrainian film director, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Kyiv on May 7, 1937, he was a Soviet and Ukrainian director…
Viktor Liashko, died aged 90
Viktor Liashko died on April 21, 2026. He was a Ukrainian politician and served as a member of parliament from 1990 to 1994. Viktor Liashko [uk], 90, Ukrainian politician, MP…
Oleksandr Polovkov obituary: died at age 46
Oleksandr Polovkov, a Ukrainian former professional football defender, died on April 19, 2026. He was 46. Polovkov played for different clubs in the Ukrainian Premier League. He last played for…
Oleg Maisenberg death at age 80
Oleg Maisenberg, a Ukrainian-born Austrian pianist, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Odessa, then in the Ukrainian SSR, he received his first piano lessons…
Lyudmila Shevtsova death at age 91
Lyudmila Shevtsova, a Russian-Ukrainian athlete, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 91. She competed mainly in the 800 metres and set a world record in the event…
Ihor Mityukov passed away at age 73
Ihor Mityukov, a Ukrainian diplomat and Minister of Finance of Ukraine from 1997 to 2001, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Kyiv on September…
Valentina Savostyanova passes away at age 77
Valentina Savostyanova, a Russian politician and lawyer who served as a member of the State Duma from 2000 to 2007, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 77.…
Borys Zimenkovskyi has died at age 85
Borys Zimenkovskyi, a Ukrainian pharmacist, died on April 3, 2026. Borys Zimenkovskyi [uk], 85, Ukrainian pharmacist. Tags Other, 03 April 2026, Borys, Ukraine, Zimenkovskyi, 2026-04-03, April 2026, April 3
Oleh Avdieiev has died at age 52
Oleh Avdieiev, a Ukrainian Olympic luger who competed at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, died on April 2, 2026, after being stabbed. He was 52. Avdieiev was born in…
Mykola Pinchuk obituary: died at age 79
Mykola Pinchuk, a Ukrainian and Soviet footballer who played as a defender, died on March 30, 2026, at the age of 79. Born Mykola Ivanovych Pinchuk on July 25, 1946,…
Obituary: Villen Novak, dead at age 88
Villen Novak, a Ukrainian film director, died on March 29, 2026, at the age of 88. Villen Zakharovych Novak was born on January 3, 1938, in Hlezno, Zhytomyr Oblast, in…
Obituary: Volodymyr Komarov, dead at age 62
Volodymyr Komarov, a Ukrainian comedian, actor and musician, died on March 29, 2026. He was known as Volodymyr Valentynovych Komarov and was 62. Born around 1963 or 1964, he worked…
Nikolai Liutsianovich Orlov dies at age 73
Nikolai Liutsianovich Orlov, a Russian herpetologist, died on March 25, 2026, at age 73. He was a Soviet and Russian researcher of Southeast Asian herpetofauna, particularly that of northern Annam.…
Death of Pavlo Fedorenko at age 89
Pavlo Fedorenko, a Ukrainian academic and mining engineer, died on March 24, 2026. He was born on October 8, 1936, in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, then in the Ukrainian SSR,…
Yury Shvytkin dead at age 60
Yury Shvytkin, a Russian politician and deputy in the State Duma, died on March 23, 2026. He was 60. Born in Krasnoyarsk on May 24, 1965, Shvytkin served at the…
Leonid Radvinsky has died at age 43
Leonid Radvinsky, a Ukrainian-American businessman and majority owner of OnlyFans, died on March 20, 2026, at age 43. Born in Odesa in the Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, on May 30,…
Filaret Denysenko death at age 97
Filaret Denysenko, a Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch and patriarch of Kyiv since 1995, died on March 20, 2026. Born Mykhailo Antonovych Denysenko on January 23, 1929, he served as the primate…
Obituary: Andriy Serdyuk, dead at age 87
Andriy Serdyuk, a Ukrainian medical scientist and politician, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Dnipropetrovsk on December 24, 1938, he served as Minister of…
Volodymyr Babayev has died at age 74
Volodymyr Babayev, a Ukrainian scholar and politician, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in Kharkiv on January 10, 1952, he served as rector of O.…
Obituary: Petro Hasiuk, dead at age 75
Petro Hasiuk, a Ukrainian politician and former member of parliament, died on March 12, 2026. He was 75. Hasiuk, a member of Batkivshchyna, served in the Verkhovna Rada from 2006…
Oleksandr Dovgach dies at age -1
Ukrainian military pilot Died on Monday March 9th 2026
Volodymyr Vlasenko dies at age 77
Ukrainian scientist and military doctor Died on Monday March 9th 2026
Oleksandr Dovhach has died at age -1
Oleksandr Dovhach, a Ukrainian military pilot and Hero of Ukraine, died on March 9, 2026. Born in Chernihiv on May 12, 1973, he graduated from School No. 29 in 1990…
Rostyslav Chapiuk death at age 88
Rostyslav Chapiuk, a Ukrainian politician, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Rusiv on May 22, 1937, he served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine…
Valentyna Yeshchenko obituary: died at age 79
Valentyna Yeshchenko, a Ukrainian political activist and former People’s Deputy of Ukraine of the 1st convocation, died on March 3, 2026. Born on 10 August 1946, she was an Honored…
Vyacheslav Klepikov died at age 76
Vyacheslav Klepikov, a Ukrainian nuclear physicist, died on March 1, 2026, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, at the age of 76. He was also a professor and a doctor of physical and…
Death of Roman Kofman at age 89
Roman Kofman, the Ukrainian conductor, violinist and composer, died on February 24, 2026, at age 89. Born in Kyiv in 1936, he was a music educator and was named a…
Mykola Prystay dies at 71
Mykola Prystay, a Ukrainian football player and manager, died on February 19, 2026. He was known for his roles with Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk and LUKOR Kalush. The information provided identifies him…
Semyon Gluzman dead at age 79
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…
Serhiy Petrov dead at age 28
Serhiy Petrov, a Ukrainian footballer, died on February 15, 2026. Serhiy Volodymyrovych Petrov was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a forward. Born on 21 May 1997, he attended…
Viktor Zaporozhets obituary: died at age 78
Viktor Zaporozhets, a Ukrainian Olympic boxer who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Viktor Konstiantynovych Zaporozhets on May 23,…
Igal Talmi died at age 101
Igal Talmi, a Ukrainian-born Israeli nuclear physicist, died on February 4, 2026. He was 101. Born in Kiev, then in the Soviet Union, on January 31, 1925, Talmi’s family immigrated…
Yuriy Chonka passed away at age 34
Ukrainian footballer Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Olena Hrechanina passes away at age 90
Ukrainian scientist Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Olena Grechanina dead at age 90
Ukrainian scientist Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Oleksandr Kabanov passed away at age 52
Ukrainian politician Died on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Ihor Blazhkov dies at age 89
Ukrainian conductor Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Igor Blazhkov dies at age 89
Ukrainian conductor Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Lana Chornohorska has died at age 27
Ukrainian soldier Died on Sunday January 4th 2026
Volodymyr Marchenko dies at 103
Ukrainian mathematician Died on Friday January 2nd 2026
Pasha Kasanov has died at age 72
Pasha Kasanov, a Ukrainian football player and manager, died on December 31, 2025, at the age of 72. Known as Pasha Namazovych Kasanov, he played for Nyva Vinnytsia and Metalurh…
Denis Kapustin obituary: died at age 41
Russian-born Ukrainian paramilitary leader Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
Anatoliy Bondarchuk, died aged 85
Ukrainian hammer thrower Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Anatoliy Romanenko dies at age 97
Ukrainian politician Died on Monday December 22nd 2025
Viktor Kotsemyr died at age 73
Ukrainian politician Died on Wednesday December 17th 2025
Stepan Hiha passed away at age 66
Ukrainian composer and singer Died on Friday December 12th 2025
Volodymyr Sysenko dies at 63
Tajik-born Ukrainian footballer (Pamir Dushanbe Died on Sunday December 7th 2025