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Abramov, Konstantin Kirkovich
Akhromeev, Sergei Fedorovich
Alexander II
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Alexeiev, Mikhail Vasilevich
Alexis Nikolayevich
Alexis Petrovitch
Andrei II of Russia
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich
Anthes, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'
Babel, Isaak Emmanuilovich
Bagirov, Mir Dzhafar Abassovich
Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich
Biryuzov, Sergei Semenovich
Blyukher, Vasily Konstantinovich
Bogolepov, Nikolai Petrovich
Borodin, Alexander
Borodin, Mikhail Markovich
Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych
Bukharin, Nikolai
Catherine II the Great
Catherine I
Chekhov, Anton
Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich
Chuikov, Vassili
Diagilev, Serge
Dmitrievich, Mikhail
Dmitry I
Elizabeth
Fedorovna
Gagarin, Yuri Alexeyevich
Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevich
Goloshchekin, Filipp Isaevich
Gromyko, Andrei Andreyevich
Ikin, Anton Ivanovich de
Ipatev, Nikolai
Iurovskii, Ivan Mikhailovich
Ivan IV the Terrible
Izvolski
Kaplan, Fanya
Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich
Kirov, Sergei Mironovich
Kornilov, Lavr Georgevich
Kutuzov
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
Lermontov, Mikhail Yurevich
Malinovsky, Roman
Martov, Yuly Osipovich
Mikhailovich
Mussorgsky, Modest
Nabokov, Vladimir
Nicholas II
Orlov
Palei
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich
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Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich
Potemkin
Pugo, Boris
Pushkin, Alexander
Radek, Karl Bernhardovich
Rasputin, Grigor
Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich
Romanov
Rykov, Aleksey Ivanovich
Samsonov, Alexander
Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich
Serge
Shalamov, Varlam
Shein, Boris
Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich
Simeon the Proud
Sipiagin, Dimitri Sergeevich
Stalin, Joseph
Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich
Suvorov
Svyatoslav III
Tchaikovsky, Peter
Theodore III
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Tomsky, Mikhail
Trepov, Fyodor Fyodorovich
Trotsky, Leon
UritskII, Moisei Solomonovich
Vasilevsky, Aleksander Mikhailovich
Vatutin, Nikolai Fyodorovich
Witte
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Yurii II
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1238
Yurii II
4th Mar River Sit Death of Yurii II, killed at the battle of River Sit
1252
Svyatoslav III
Death of Svyatoslav III
1264
Andrei II of Russia
Death of Andrei II of Russia
1353
Simeon the Proud
Moscow The black death reaches Moscow
1584
Ivan IV the Terrible
Moscow Death of Ivan, Ivan IV's son
1598
Theodore I
Moscow Death of Theodore I, end of the Riurikid line
1606
Dmitry I
Murdered by Vasily Shuysky
1634
Shein, Boris
Feb Moscow Death of Boris Shein, executed
1682
Theodore III
7th May Death of Theodore III, without isuue, news of his death sparks the Moscow uprising
1718
Alexis Petrovitch
Death of Alexis Petrovitch, before his execution
1725
Peter I the Great
28th Jan Death of Peter I the Great, his widow continues to reign as Catherine I
1727
Catherine I
16th May Dies age 44 & succeeded by her son Peter
1730
Peter II
30th Jan Dies of smallpox age 14 on the day set for his wedding to one of the Dolgoruky family
1762
Catherine II the Great
17th July Rospha Death of Peter III, at the hands of Alexei Orlov (younger brother to Gregory Orlov, then court favorite and a participant in the coup)
1762
Elizabeth
Death of Elizabeth
1762
Orlov
Strangles Peter III in plot to place Catherine II on the throne
1762
Peter III
Rospha Assassinated after the abdication & succeeded by his wife Catherine II
1791
Potemkin
Death of Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin
1796
Catherine II the Great
10th Nov Dies of apoplexy aged 67
1801
Paul I
23rd Mar Moscow Death of Paul I
1813
Kutuzov
Death of Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov
1825
Alexander I
13th Dec Crimea Dies after eating wild mushrooms
1837
Pushkin, Alexander
10th Feb Death of Alexander Pushkin, killed in a duel
1841
Lermontov, Mikhail Yurevich
Death of Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, killed in a duel
1852
Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevich
Death of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
1860
Dmitrievich, Mikhail
30th May Warsaw Death of Mikhail Dmitrievich and is buried, in accordance with his own wish, at Sevastopol
1875
Mussorgsky, Modest
Death of Modest Mussorgsky
1878
Trepov, Fyodor Fyodorovich
Moscow Death of Fyodor Fyodorovich Trepov, assasinated
1880
Suvorov
Death of Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov
1881
Alexander II
13th Mar St Petersburg Death of Alexander II, assasinated
1887
Borodin, Alexander
St Petersburg Death of Alexander Borodin
1893
Tchaikovsky, Peter
St Petersburg Death of Peter Tchaikovsky
1895
Anthes, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'
Death of Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d' Anthes
1901
Bogolepov, Nikolai Petrovich
Feb Moscow Death of Nikolai Petrovich Begolepov, assassinated
1902
Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich
April Death of Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve, assassinated
1902
Sipiagin, Dimitri Sergeevich
2nd April Moscow Death of Dimitri Sergeevich Sipiagin, assassinated
1904
Chekhov, Anton
2nd July Crimea Death of Anton Chekhov
1904
Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich
15th July Assassination of Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve
1904
Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich
Organizes the assassination of Plehve
1905
Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich
Organizes the assassination of Grand Duke Sergey Alexanderovich
1905
Serge
17th Feb Moscow The Tsar's uncle is assassinated
1906
Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich
12th Aug Moscow The Socialist revolutionary maximalists make a failed attempt on stolypin's life
1911
Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich
18th Sep Death of Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin, in hospital after being shot 4 days previously
1914
Samsonov, Alexander
9th Aug Tannenburg Shoots himself after the Battle of Tannenburg
1915
Witte
13th Mar Petrograd Death of Sergei Yulyevich Witte
1916
Rasputin, Grigor
30th Dec Death of Grigor Rasputin
1917
Alexis Nikolayevich
Death of Alexis Nikolayevich, executed
1917
Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich
27th Oct The Death Penalty is abolished
1917
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
27th Oct The Death Penalty abolished
1918
Alexeiev, Mikhail Vasilevich
8th Oct Death of Mikhail Vasilevich Alexeiev, heart attack
1918
Fedorovna
May Alapaevsk Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fedorovna is executed by the Bolsheviks
1918
Goloshchekin, Filipp Isaevich
12th July Moscows Carries Nicholas II's death warrant from Moscow
1918
Ipatev, Nikolai
17th July Ekaterinburg Nicholas , his family & servants are shot in the grounds of Ipatev's house
1918
Iurovskii, Ivan Mikhailovich
15th July Ekaterinburg Seeks a place to bury the executed Romanovs in the woods nth of Ekaterinburg
1918
Kaplan, Fanya
3rd Sep Moscow Death of Fanya Kaplan, executed
1918
Kornilov, Lavr Georgevich
13th April Death of Lavr Georgevich Kornilov, killed by a stray shell
1918
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
22nd Feb A decree by Lenin authorizes summary execution of opponents
1918
Malinovsky, Roman
Tried by a Bolshevik Revolutionary Tribunal & executed for being an Okhrana informer
1918
Mikhailovich
17th July Alapaevsk Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich is executed by the Bolsheviks
1918
Nicholas II
16th July Ekaterinburg It is reported that his wife, 3 daughters & son are also shot
16th July Ekaterinburg Shot after the possibility of rescue by white Counter-revolutionaries
17th July Ekaterinburg Nicholas , his family & servants are shot in Ekaterinburg
1918
Palei
May Alapaevsk Vladimir Pavlovich Palei is executed by the Bolsheviks
1918
UritskII, Moisei Solomonovich
30th Aug The head of the Petrograd cheka is assassinated
1919
Ikin, Anton Ivanovich de
Appointed Commander of the White Russian Army after death of Kornilov
1919
Izvolski
Death of Alexander Petrovich Izvolski
1923
Martov, Yuly Osipovich
Death of Yuly Osipovich Martov
1926
Trotsky, Leon
Nov Moscow Releases Lenin's Testsament to the Press
1929
Diagilev, Serge
19th Aug Death of Sergei Diagilev
1933
Stalin, Joseph
21st Jan Stalin attends the memorial meeting at the Bolshoi Theatre to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the death of Lenin
1934
Kirov, Sergei Mironovich
1st Dec Leningrad Death of Sergei Mironovich Kirov, assassinated
1936
Tomsky, Mikhail
Death of Mikhail Tomsky, commits suicide
1936
Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich
25th Aug Moscow Death of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev, executed
1938
Blyukher, Vasily Konstantinovich
Death of Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher, from beatings in prison
1938
Bukharin, Nikolai
15th Mar Death of Nikolai Bukharin
1938
Rykov, Aleksey Ivanovich
Moscow Death of Aleksei Ivanovich Rykov, Stalin has Rykov purged & then executed
1939
Radek, Karl Bernhardovich
Death of Karl Bernhardovich Radek, in prison
1940
Babel, Isaak Emmanuilovich
27th Jan Death of Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel
1940
Trotsky, Leon
20th Aug Mexico City Death of Leon Trotsky, assassinated
1944
Vatutin, Nikolai Fyodorovich
Death of Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin
1948
Zhdanov, Andrei Aleksandrovich
Death of Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhadnov, assassinated during the "doctors' plot"
1949
Borodin, Mikhail Markovich
Siberia Death of Mikhail Markovich Borodin while under arrest
1952
Abramov, Konstantin Kirkovich
Death of Konstantin Kirkovich Abramov
1953
Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich
Dec Death of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria
Dec Executed for attempting to succeed Stalin
1953
Stalin, Joseph
5th Mar Moscow Death of Joseph Stalin
1956
Bagirov, Mir Dzhafar Abassovich
May Moscow Death of Mir Dzhafar Abassovich Bagirov, executed
1960
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich
Moscow Dies near Moscow
1964
Biryuzov, Sergei Semenovich
Death of Sergei Semenovich Biryuzov, killed in an aircrash near Belgrade
1968
Gagarin, Yuri Alexeyevich
Death of Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin
1968
Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich
Death of Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky
1970
Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich
11th June New York Death of Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky
1974
Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich
Death of Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov
1977
Nabokov, Vladimir
Birth of Vladimir Nabokov
1977
Vasilevsky, Aleksander Mikhailovich
Death of Aleksander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky
1982
Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych
10th Nov Moscow Death of Leonoid Ilych Brehznev, age 75
1982
Chuikov, Vassili
Death of Vassili Chuikov
1982
Shalamov, Varlam
Death of Varlam Shalamov
1984
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich
9th Feb Moscow Death of Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov, aged 69
1984
Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich
21st Feb Death of Mikhail Sholokov
1985
Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich
10th Mar Moscow Death of Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko, dies of emphysema age 73
1989
Gromyko, Andrei Andreyevich
Death of Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko
1990
Pugo, Boris
Commits suicide
1991
Akhromeev, Sergei Fedorovich
Death of Sergei Fedorovich Akhromeev, commits suicide after the failed August coup
1991
Pugo, Boris
Aug Moscow Death of Boris Pugo, commits suicide during the attempted coud d'etat
1999
Romanov
7th Jan Death of Rostislav Romanov
2007
Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich
23rd April Yeltsin dies of heart failure

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