Find A Grave - Moscow

Abdulov, Aleksandr b. May 29, 1953 d. January 3, 2008
Actor. Born in Tobolsk, Russia, he made his 1974 motion picture debut in "About Vitya, about Masha and the Sea Force." In 1975 he was hired by Lenkom Theater director Mark Zakharov, and became a celebrity after appearing in "The Ordinary Miracle." During the early 1980s he was considered a sex symbol and one of the most popular Russian stars, playing in "Look for a Woman," "Magicians" and "The Woman in White." During the 1990s he mostly worked in the Lenkom Theatre, where he directed the play "...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Vagan'kovskoe Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
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
Afinogenov, Alexander b. April 4, 1904 d. October 29, 1941
Playwright. One of the more talented Soviet playwrights to emerge in the years before World War II, he managed to retain his individuality in the face of Stalinist repression. Alexander Nikolayevich Afinogenov was born in Skopin, Russia, and raised in Yaroslavl. He had an early interest in literature, turning out three books of poetry while still in his teens. At 18 he joined the Communist Party and a year later his first play, "Robert Tim", was staged at Moscow's politically-oriented...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Section 1, Row 20
Akhmadulina, Bella b. April 10, 1937 d. November 29, 2010
Poetess. She created several well received collections of verse which often dealt with the mundane events of everyday life while trying to avoid the political difficulties of writing in the Soviet Union. Born Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina, she was raised initially in Moscow then lived with her family in Kazan during World War II; starting to write at an early age, she saw some of her poems published while still a teenager. Bella, as she was commonly known, studied at Moscow's Gorky Literary...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Akhromeyev, Sergei Fedorovich b. May 5, 1923 d. August 24, 1991
Soviet Union Army General. He joined the Soviet Union Army in 1940 and the Communist Party in 1943, attending the Frunze Military Academy and the Astrakhan Infantry School. During World War II he served on the Leningrad Front as commander of a rifle unit and motorized artillery brigade. He served as Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1984 to 1988 and as chief military adviser to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. He was awarded the titles of Hero of the Soviet Union in...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Troekurov Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Aksakov, Sergei b. October 1, 1791 d. May 12, 1859
Author. His books "The Family Chronicle" (1856) and "Years of Childhood" (1858) are considered among the finest of Russian memoirs. Sergei Timofeyevich Aksakov was born in Ufa, Russia, into a distinguished family that traced its roots back to Novgorod in the 11th Century. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars, an experience that shocked him so badly he retreated to his isolated estate for over a decade. From 1826 to 1838 he lived in Moscow, where he was employed as a censor and began to publish...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Aksakov, Sergei b. January 2, 1791 d. February 12, 1859
Author. His books "The Family Chronicle" (1856) and "Years of Childhood" (1858) are considered among the finest of Russian memoirs. Sergei Timofeyevich Aksakov was born in Ufa, Russia, into a distinguished family that traced its roots back to Novgorod in the 11th Century. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars, an experience that shocked him so badly he retreated to his isolated estate for over a decade. From 1826 to 1838 he lived in Moscow, where he was employed as a censor and began to publish...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Simonov Monastery (Defunct), Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Aksyonov, Vasily b. August 20, 1932 d. July 6, 2009
Writer. He was a prolific Russian author best known for his novels critical of the Soviet system. He began his career writing for the Yunost (Youth) magazine in the 1950s and his first novel, "The Colleagues," was published in 1959. In 1970s, Aksyonov with several other writers set up their own journal called Metropol, but it was blocked from publishing causing Aksyonov being expelled from Soviet Union citizenship. Relocating to the United States in 1980, he continued his writing and taught...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Vagan'kovskoe Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Aleksy II, Patriarch b. February 23, 1929 d. December 5, 2008
Russian Orthodox Patriarch. He was spiritual leader of the 140 million members of the Russian Orthodox Church and worked to heal the breaks that had occurred during the Soviet Union era. Born Alexi Mikailovich Ridiger, he was raised in Estonia, and was ordained a Deacon and a Priest in 1950. After his graduation from the Leningrad Theological Academy in 1953, his rise in the Church was rapid, and he was consecrated Bishop of Tallinn and Estonia in 1961. From 1986 until his elevation as...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Epiphany Cathedral, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Alexandrov, Alexander b. April 13, 1883 d. July 8, 1946
Conductor, Composer. Founder of the famed Red Army Choir and composer of Russia's national anthem. Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov was born in Plakhino, near Moscow. He trained as a choirboy at St. Petersburg's Kazan Cathedral and later studied at the Moscow Conservatory, where he became a professor in 1918. In 1928 he organized the small Red Army Song Ensemble to boost morale and encourage amateur music-making among the soldiers; it quickly won the patronage of dictator Josef Stalin and by...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Section 3
Alexandrov, Grigori b. February 23, 1903 d. December 16, 1983
Motion Picture Director. Best known for his glitzy musical-comedies of the 1930s, the first of their kind in Soviet Cinema. Born Grigori Mormonenko in Yekaterinburg, Russia, he started out as a provincial actor and acrobat and entertained Red Army troops during the Russian Civil War. In 1921 he joined the Proletkult Theatre in Moscow and became friends with its young director, Sergei Eisenstein, whom he later followed into the cinema. Alexandrov served as Eisenstein's chief assistant and co-...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Section 3
Allilujewa-Stalina, Nadezhda Sergejevna b. September 22, 1901 d. November 9, 1932
She was the second wife of Josiph Vissarionovich Stalin. Stalin married Allilujeva in 1918, and she was young enough to be his daugter. Allilujewa never fit in the political environment of her husband, she became outsider and she was very unhappy. She was found dead in her sleeping room with one revolver in her hand. At that time (1932) the official version of her death was suicide. But a lot of facts pointed to murder. The death of Stalin's second and last wife remains for all time a secret.
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: entering the cemetery turn to the right. You will always find the flowers on her grave
Andropov, Yuri b. June 15, 1914 d. February 9, 1984
Soviet Union Premier. General Secretary of the Communist Party.
Cause of death: Acute kidney failure
Kremlin Wall, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Annenkov, Nikolay b. September 20, 1899 d. September 30, 1999
Actor. He was born in Inzhaviono, Russia. He become one of the leading actors of the Russian stage, and was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1960. His career spanned from 1922 to his death in 1999, appearing in more than 200 roles with the Maly Theater. In cinema, he appeared in "Giber Orla" (1940), "Varvary" (1953), "Dachniki" (1967), "Opoznanie" (1973) and "Poema o Krylyakh" (1979). He celebrated his 100 birthday on stage, but died shortly after. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Arkhipova, Irina b. December 2, 1925 d. February 11, 2010
Opera Singer. A mezzo soprano, she was for many years a star of Moscow's Bolshoi Opera while earning acclaim in the world's leading venues. Raised in Moscow, she graduated with a degree in architecture from the Moscow Institute in 1948; having musical ambitions, she studied at the Moscow Conservatory before commencing her professional career with the Sverdlovsk Opera in 1954. There, she refined her skills and first presented what were to become her signature pieces in the Russian, French, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Artomonova, Inga b. August 29, 1936 d. January 4, 1966
Athlete. Born in Moscow, Russia, she was a Soviet speed ice skater and the first four-time All World Champion in women's speed skating history. She won the All-round World Championships in 1957, 1958 and 1962, and was second in 1963 and 1964 before capturing her fourth World Championships title in 1965. Over the course of her career, she set records in 1962, with new marks on the 500 m, 1,500 m and 3,000 m, which also resulted in a new world record on the combination 500 m – 1,000 m – 1,500 m –...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Vagan'kovskoe 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
Babochkin, Boris b. January 18, 1904 d. July 27, 1975
Actor, Director. He won international fame in the title role of "Chapaev" (1934), the most financially successful Soviet film of the 1930s. Babochkin's commanding yet lovable performance raised the real-life Civil War hero to lasting status as a Russian pop culture icon. Boris Andreyevich Babochkin was born in Saratov, Russia. During the Civil War he served with the Red Army along the Volga and in the Urals under the...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Section 2
Bagramyan, Ivan Hristoforovich b. December 2, 1897 d. September 21, 1982
Soviet General. He was born in the city of Elizavetpol in the Republic of Azerbaijan. He joined the Russian Army in 1915 and served in both the First World War and the Russian Civil War. From 1923 to 1931 he served as the commander of an Armenian Rifle Division and also received advanced training in the Russian Calvary. He attended the Frunze Military Academy from 1931 to 1934 as a student and as a military instructor from 1938 to 1940. He was appointed chief of staff of the Southwest front...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Kremlin Wall, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Bagritsky, Eduard b. November 3, 1895 d. February 16, 1934
Poet. One of the few Soviet authors to write in the late romantic tradition. He celebrated post-revolutionary life in the USSR with an exuberant yet unsentimental lyricism. His long narrative poem "The Lay of Opanas" (1926), written in the style of a Ukrainian folk epic and set during the Russian Civil War, is considered his masterpiece. Bagritsky was the pen name of Eduard Georgiyevich Dzjubin, born into a Jewish family in Odessa, Ukraine. He earned a degree as a land surveyor but...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Section 1, Row 1

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