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Abel, Rudolf Ivanovich b. July 11, 1903 d. November 15, 1971
Soviet Union Intelligence Officer. He was a Russian Cold War spy who had been captured by the United States while engaged in espionage. Born Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher in England to revolutionary parents who fled Czarist Russia, he served in the Russian Army during World War II, engaging in clandestine operations behind Nazi German lines. Trained as a spy by the KGB after the war, he resided in the United States for the purpose of gaining American nuclear secrets and other intelligence...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Cause of death: Lung cancer
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Babel, Isaac b. July 13, 1894 d. January 27, 1940
Author. A master of the short story, he is regarded by many as the greatest Russian writer of the 1920s. Born in Odessa, Ukraine, to a family of Jewish merchants, he began writing as a teenager under the influence of Maupassant. In 1916 Babel met author Maxim Gorky, who published two of his stories but advised him to get some life experience before setting out on a literary career. In 1920 Babel joined the Red Army as a correspondent during the Soviet invasion of Poland; his experiences...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Beria, Lavrenty Pavlovich b. March 29, 1899 d. December 23, 1953
Soviet Secret Police Chief. He was the former head of the Soviet NKVD, forerunner of the Russian KGB. He joined the Bolshevik Party in 1917 and rose to prominence in the Russian Republic of Georgia. He served as head of the local Georgian secret police, and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for suppressing and murdering thousands of anti-Soviet nationalists. In 1938 he was summoned to Moscow to head the NKVD, and served as one of [Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Ashes buried in Communal Grave No. 3
Bethlen, Count Istavan b. October 8, 1874 d. October 5, 1946
Hungarian politician. Led the counter-insurrection against the Communist regime of Bela Kun (1919-1921) and was Prime Minister of Hungary 1921-1931. Went into hiding when Germany invaded Hungary in 1944 but was captured by the Russians in 1945 and taken to Moscow where he died in (as yet) unknown circumstances in 1946.
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Budantsev, Sergei b. December 10, 1896 d. April 21, 1938
Author. His work often dealt with feminism, corruption, and intellectuals coming to grips with communism, hot topics in the Soviet Union during the 1920's but later considered suspect under Stalinism. In his famous novel "Locusts" (1927), a plague of the insects symbolizes malevolent forces trying to stop the Russian people from building a new society. His tale "Zhena" (1927) and the novel "Woman Writer" (1936) depict women rejecting subservient roles and trying to find themselves in a male-...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Ashes buried in Common Grave No. 1 (Unmarked)
Erdman, Nikolai b. November 16, 1900 d. August 10, 1970
Playwright, Screenwriter. One of the great "might-have-beens" of 20th Century Russian theatre. Erdman brought the surreal sensibility of Gogol to the modern stage in ways that anticipated the Theatre of the Absurd. He wrote two brilliant satires before his creative voice was silenced by Stalinist repression. Nikolai Robertovich Erdman was born in Moscow, and served with the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. In the early 1920s he wrote poetry and biting little skits for political cabarets...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Fogel, Vladimir b. 1902 d. June 8, 1929
Actor. One of the first stars of the early Soviet cinema, he made a lasting impression in a sadly brief career. Fogel was born in Moscow. In 1922 he enrolled at the State Institute of Cinematography and became a favorite student of director Lev Kuleshov, who brought him to the screen in the features "The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks" (1924) and "The Death Ray" (1925). His first lead was in Vsevolod Pudovkin's comedy "Chess Fever" (1925). Fogel's matinee...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Columbarium 2, Section 12, Row 2, Niche 308
Jasiukowicz, Stanislaw b. December 8, 1882 d. October 22, 1946
Polish politician and government minister. One of 16 Polish leaders forced to a show trial in Moscow in June 1945. (He is on the far right of the picture of the trial). Died in Butyrki Prison, Moscow.
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Katayev, Ivan b. May 14, 1902 d. August 19, 1937
Author. He was a leader of "The Pass", an influential Soviet literary group of the 1920s. Katayev attempted to reconcile psychological realism with government-approved themes, and his fiction is notable for its gentle warmth and compassion. It includes the novel "Heart" (1928) and the stories "The Poet", "The Wife" (both 1928), "Milk" (1930), "Man on the Hill" and "Leningrad Highway" (both 1934). Ivan Ivanovich Katayev was born in Moscow. He joined the Communist Party in 1919...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Ashes buried in Common Grave No. 1 (Unmarked)
Lioznova, Tatyana b. July 20, 1924 d. September 29, 2011
Motion Picture Director. A respected teacher who made but few movies herself, she shall be remembered for the 1973 "Seventeen Moments of Spring", one of the classics of spy thriller fiction. Raised in the then-Soviet capital, Lioznova originally trained as an aviator but switched to the State Institute for Cinematography when World War II ended before she was needed in the field. She was to spend most of her life as professor at her alma mater and made her directorial bow with 1958's "The...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Mayakovsky, Vladimir [original burial site] b. July 19, 1893 d. April 14, 1930
Poet, Playwright. A leader of the Russian Futurist movement and one of the foremost poets of the early Soviet era. Mayakovsky's verse was highly original in its declamatory style, its often brutal imagery, and use of street language, rhythms, and puns. No poet more forcefully celebrated the cataclysm of the Russian Revolution and Civil War years. He later grew disillusioned with the Soviet regime and committed suicide at 36. Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky was born in Bagdati, Russian Georgia...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Main Hall of the Crematory. Reinterred at Novodevichy Cemetery in May 1952
Meyerhold, Vsevolod b. February 10, 1874 d. February 2, 1940
Director, Actor. Regarded as one of the most dynamic and original artists of 20th Century Theatre. He rebelled against naturalism on the Russian stage and sought a "pure" theatrical approach by synthesizing classical and avant-garde techniques. His aggressive individualism often put him at odds with his country's rulers and ultimately cost him his life. Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold was born in Penza, into a middle-class family of Prussian descent. Drawn to the stage from childhood, he dropped...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Ashes buried in Common Grave No. 1
Monument to Japanese Soldiers [memorial]
The memorial is a historical monument dedicated to the memory of the Japanese soldiers whom perished in NKVD Russian concentration camps during World War II. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Monument to Victims of Political Repression [memorial]
Russian Memorial Site. It consists of three mass graves at the Donskoi Monastery Cemetery in Moscow. From 1930 to 1953 this was a secret burial ground for Muscovites who perished in dictator Josef Stalin's political purges. Arrested by the state security forces (the NKVD) on fabricated charges of treason and espionage, they were shot in the city's Lubyanka and Butyrka prisons or in the cellars of the Military Collegium. The bodies were then brought to the Donskoi Crematorium at night and the...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Muromtsev, Sergei Andreyevich b. September 23, 1850 d. October 5, 1910
Lawyer and journalist, a founder of the centrist 'Kadet' party for constitutionalist reform. Became First President of the Imperial Duma in 1906, Russia's first parliamentary experiment following the 1905 attempt at revolution. The Duma was however soon dismissed by the Tsar. Muromtsev was pilloried by Lenin in 'The Crisis of Menshevism' (1906) and other works as a representative of the spinelessness of those who advocated change without revolution. He was nonetheless later imprisoned for 3...[Read More]
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Okulicki, Leopold b. November 12, 1898 d. December 24, 1946
Polish army leader (General). One of 16 Polish leaders forced to a show trial in Moscow in June 1945. (He is on the far left in the picture of the trial). Died in Butyrki Prison, Moscow.
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Penkovsky, Oleg b. April 13, 1919 d. May 16, 1963
Soviet intelligence agent. He became an Intelligence Officer after attending the Miltary Diplomatic Academy from 1949 to 1953. He also served as an Assistant Military Attache to Ankara, Turkey, from 1955 to 1956. In 1961, he offered his services to British Intelligence and used British businessman, Greville M. Wynne as his contact. In August 1962, Penkovsky passed more then 5,000 photographs to British and United States Intelligence, of classified military, political and economic documents. On...[Read More]
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Shumyatsky, Boris b. November 4, 1886 d. July 29, 1938
Motion Picture Administrator. A career Communist bureaucrat with no knowledge of movies, he served as head of the USSR's film industry during the 1930s. Under his nominal leadership the once truly revolutionary Soviet Cinema was strong-armed into churning out lifeless propaganda, at the expense of both art and entertainment. Boris Zakharovich Shumyatsky was born in Verhneudinsk (now Ulan-Ude), Siberia. He was an active Bolshevik from his teens and after the 1917 Revolution held various...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Ashes buried in Common Grave No. 1
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander b. December 11, 1918 d. August 3, 2008
Russian Novelist. In 1970, he won the Nobel Prize in literature for his writings which made the world aware of the Soviet Union's system of prison and labour camps. Expelled from the Soviet Union in 1974, he continued to write in Germany, Switzerland and the United States. His other celebrated works included "One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich", "The First Circle", "The Gulag Archipelago" and "The Russian Question". Returning to Russia in 1994, he was critical for a return to traditional...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Tretyakov, Sergei b. June 21, 1892 d. September 10, 1937
Playwright, Poet, Screenwriter. A prominent member of Russia's literary avant-garde before and after the Communist Revolution. Poet Vladimir Mayakovsky and German playwright Bertolt Brecht cited him as a major influence. Although he saw himself as a committed Marxist, he was not uncritical of Soviet society and this sealed his fate during Stalin's political purges of the 1930s. Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov was born in Riga, Latvia. While studying law at Moscow State University, he...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Ashes buried in Common Grave No. 1 (unmarked)

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