Death Place Matching "Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Actor | Stalker
The famous Russian actor was discovered by Andrei Tarkovsky. He was looking for an actor to play the part of Andrei Rublev for his second full-length film and accidentally found the completely unknown Solonitsyn in Chelyabinsk. He worked there as an amateur actor. After Andrei Rublev, he played ...
2. Mikhail Kalatozov
Director | Letyat zhuravli
Mikhail Kalatozov was born on December 28, 1903 in Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. He was a director and cinematographer, known for The Cranes Are Flying (1957), True Friends (1954) and Zagovor obrechyonnykh (1950). He died on March 27, 1973 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now ...
3. Iosif Stalin
Self | Krymskaya konferentsiya
Joseph Stalin (a code name meaning "Man of Steel") was born Iosif (Joseph) Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in 1878 in Gori, Georgia, the Transcaucasian part of the Russian Empire. His father was a cobbler named Vissarion Dzhugashvili, a drunkard who beat him badly and frequently and left the family ...
4. Dziga Vertov
Director | Chelovek s kino-apparatom
Dziga Vertov was born on January 2, 1896 in Bialystok, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire [now Podlaskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Man with a Movie Camera (1929), Three Songs About Lenin (1934) and The Sixth Part of the World (1926). He was previously married to Elizaveta ...
5. Sergei Prokofiev
Soundtrack | Children of Men
Prokofiev was a multi-talented man and an innovative composer. He learned piano from his mother and chess from his father. He always had a chess set on his piano, and was able to play against the chess champions of his time. He studied music with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, graduated with highest ...
6. Vera Maretskaya
Actress | Ona zashchishchaet rodinu
Vera Petrovna Maretskaya was born on July 31, 1906, in Barvikha, a suburb of Moscow, Russian Empire (now Moscow, Russia). Young Maretskaya helped her father, named Petr Maretsky, who was a candy bar vendor at Moscow Circus. Maretskaya was auditioned by Vakhtangov and Zavadsky, and studied at ...
7. Lavrenti Beria
Self | Velikoye proshchaniye
Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria, the head of Iosif Stalin's dreaded secret police apparatus, was born in Merkheuli, Russia, on March 29, 1899. He joined the Bolshevik wing of the Communist Party in 1917 and was active in Stalin's native Georgia during the October 1917 Revolution. Beria joined the ...
8. Nikita Khrushchev
Self | Interview mit Berlin
Nikita Khruschev was born on April 17, 1894, into a family of peasants in the village of Kalinovka, Kursk region, Russian Empire. He was raised among agricultural and mining workers. He studied for only two years at grammar school as a child. After the Russian Revolution he joined the Red Army, ...
9. Mikhail A. Bulgakov
Writer | Ivan Vasilevich menyaet professiyu
Mikhail A. Bulgakov was a Russian writer and medical doctor known for big screen adaptations of his books, such as Beg (1971) and Master i Margarita (2006).
He was born Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov on May 15, 1891, in Kiev, Russia (now Kiev, Ukraine). He was the first of six children in the family ...
10. Leonid Brezhnev
Self | Sport strany Sovetov
Leonid Brezhnev was a communist leader of the Soviet Union who restored a conservative, centralized state, initially raising living standards and bringing the country to its height but ultimately causing economic stagnation and disproportionate military growth. This process exhausted the Soviet ...
11. Boris Zakhava
Actor | Voyna i mir
Boris Zakhava was notable Russian actor and director best known for his portrayal of General Kutuzov in epic film War and Peace (1965) by director Sergey Bondarchuk.
He was born Boris Evgenyevich Zakhava on May 12, 1896, in Pavlograd, Russian Empire. His father, named Evgeni Zakhava, was a graduate ...
12. Aram Khachaturyan
Soundtrack | 2001: A Space Odyssey
Aram Khachaturyan was born in 1903, in Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia). He was the fourth son in a modest Armenian family. His father was a book-binder and a craftsman; he noticed the son's musical talent and got him a used piano, but he did not have money for a music teacher. ...
13. Yelena Kuzmina
Actress | Chelovek No. 217
Yelena Kuzmina was born on February 17, 1909 in Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. She was an actress, known for Girl No. 217 (1944), By the Bluest of Seas (1936) and Russkiy vopros (1948). She died on October 15, 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
14. Mikheil Gelovani
Actor | Padenie Berlina
Mikheil Gelovani was born on January 6, 1893 in Lasuria, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tsageri Municipality, Republic of Georgia]. He was an actor and director, known for The Fall of Berlin (1950), The Vow (1946) and Fortress on the Volga (1942). He died on December 21, 1956 in Moscow, ...
15. Anatoliy Papanov
Actor | Brilliantovaya ruka
Anatoliy Dmitrievich Papanov was born on October 31, 1922, in Vyasma, Smolensk region, USSR. His father, named Dmitri Filippovich Papanov, was a Russian industrial worker. His mother, named Elena Bronislavovna Roskovskaya, was of Polish ancestry. Young Papanov moved to Moscow with his parents in ...
16. Vladimir Mayakovsky
Writer | Baryshnya i khuligan
Vladimir Mayakovsky was the leading Russian Futurist poet of the 20th century who created an entirely new form of Russian poetry loosely resembling such modern day rappers as Eminem and Snoop Dogg.
He was born Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky on July 19, 1893, in the town of Bagdadi, Kutaisi ...
17. Nikolai Gritsenko
Actor | Bolshaya semya
Nikolai Gritsenko was a notable Russian actor known for the role as Kareni in Anna Karenina (1967) by director Aleksandr Zarkhi, and as Nazi General in TV series 'Semnadtsat mgnovenii vesny' by director Tatyana Lioznova.
He was born Nikolai Olimpiyevich Gritsenko on July 24, 1912, in Yasinovataya, ...
18. Mark Donskoy
Director | Detstvo Gorkogo
Mark Donskoy was born on March 6, 1901 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938), Foma Gordeev (1959) and The Taras Family (1945). He died on March 21, 1981 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
19. Viktor Khokhryakov
Actor | Molodaya gvardiya
Viktor Khokhryakov was an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1950), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1965), People's Artist of the USSR (05.10.1973). In 1933 he graduated from the Leningrad College of Performing Arts. Since 1933 he was an actor of the Kharkov Theater of Russian Drama. Since 1940 Khokhryakov...
20. Mark Bernes
Actor | Daleko ot Moskvy
Mark Bernes was born on October 8, 1911 in Nezhin, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Far from Moscow (1950), Two Soldiers (1943) and Istrebiteli (1939). He was previously married to Ludmila Bodrova. He died on August 16, 1969 ...
21. Vera Stroyeva
Director | Boris Godunov
Vera Stroyeva was born on October 4, 1903 in Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a director and writer, known for Boris Godunov (1954), Petersburg Nights (1934) and Khovanschina (1959). She was previously married to Grigoriy Roshal. She died on August 26...
22. Sergei Yutkevich
Director | Velikiy voin Albanii Skanderbeg
He has made been famous in the young soviet cinema by his films about Lenin (Lenin v Polshe (1966) and others). He had a great international acclaim by his version of Othello (1956) and engaged to the Soviet cinema two French stars: Marina Vlady for Lika in Syuzhet dlya nebolshogo rasskaza (1969) ...
23. Yuriy Bogatyryov
Actor | Neskolko dney iz zhizni I.I. Oblomova
Yuriy Bogatyryov was born on March 2, 1947 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]. He was an actor, known for A Few Days from the Life of I.I. Oblomov (1980), Dead Souls (1984) and At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own (1974). He died on February 2, 1989 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now ...
24. Leonid Kharitonov
Actor | Soldat Ivan Brovkin
Leonid Kharitonov was born on May 19, 1930 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Private Ivan (1955), Along Unknown Paths (1983) and V dobryy chas! (1956). He was previously married to Svetlana Kharitonova, Dzhemma Osmolovskaya and Evgeniya Gibova. He ...
25. Boris Smirnov
Actor | Voyna i mir
Boris Smirnov was a Russian actor of Moscow Art Theatre also known for his film role as Prince Vasili Kuragin in War and Peace (1965).
He was born Boris Aleksandrovich Smirnov, on October 26, 1908, in St. Petersburg, Russia. From 1925 to 1929 he studied acting at Leningrad Institute of Theatrical ...
26. Viktor Stanitsyn
Actor | Tretiy udar
Viktor Stanitsyn was a legendary actor and director of the Moscow Art Theatre, best known for his role as Prince Ilya Rostov in the Academy Award-winning film War and Peace (1965) by director Sergey Bondarchuk.
He was born Viktor Yakovlevich Gyoze (later changed name to Stanitsyn) on May 2, 1897, in...
27. Aleksandr Medvedkin
Director | Novaya Moskva
Aleksandr Medvedkin was born on February 24, 1900 in Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for The New Moscow (1938), Happiness (1935) and The Miracle Worker (1937). He died on February 20, 1989 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
28. Sergey Gerasimov
Director | Lev Tolstoy
Sergei Gerasimov was born in the village of Kundravy in Urals area of the Russian Empire, in 1906. He studied at the Leningrad College of Arts and graduated from the Actors Department of the Leningrad Institute for Stage Arts in 1928. He started his film career in 1924 as an actor, continued as an ...
29. Boris Andreyev
Actor | Padenie Berlina
Boris Andreyev was born on February 9, 1915 in Saratov, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for The Fall of Berlin (1950), A Big Family (1954) and Symphony of Life (1948). He was previously married to Galina Vasilievna. He died on April 24, 1982 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
30. Andrei Abrikosov
Actor | Aleksandr Nevskiy
Andrei Abrikosov was a Russian film and stage actor best known for his leading and supporting roles in the Soviet films of the 1930s - 1950s, such as the silent film And Quiet Flows the Don (1930) and the Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky (1938).
He was born Andrei Lvovich Abrikosov on November ...
31. Mikhail Kuznetsov
Actor | Ivan Groznyy
Mikhail Kuznetsov was born on February 25, 1918 in Bogorodsk, Moscow Governorate, RSFSR [now Noginsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944), Taras Shevchenko (1951) and Sinyaya tetrad (1964). He died on August 23, 1986 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia...
32. Gavriil Egiazarov
Director | Goryachiy sneg
Gavriil Egiazarov was born on May 2, 1916 in Baku, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire [now Azerbaijan]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Goryachiy sneg (1972), From Dawn Till Sunset (1975) and Koney na pereprave ne menyayut (1981). He died on June 21, 1988 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now ...
33. Vladimir Basov
Director | Metel
Vladimir Basov was a notable Soviet actor and director best known for the leading role as Bruno in The Shield and the Sword (1968), which he also directed, and his numerous supporting roles, such as Floor Polisher in Walking the Streets of Moscow (1964) (aka.. Walking the Streets of Moscow (1963), ...
34. Faina Ranevskaya
Actress | Zolushka
Faina Ranevskaya was born Faina Georgievna Feldman in Taganrog. Her father was the head of the local synagogue. Her family eventually left the country, but Faina stayed in the Soviet Union and went on to become one of the country's most acclaimed stage and screen actresses. One of her most famous ...
35. Liliya Gritsenko
Actress | Vernye druz'ya
Liliya Gritsenko was born on December 24, 1917 in Gorlovka [now Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast], Ukraine. She was an actress, known for True Friends (1954), I Remember You (1985) and Unamenables (1959). She died on January 9, 1989 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
36. Georgi Zhukov
Self | Bis fünf nach zwölf - Adolf Hitler und das 3. Reich
Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov was born on December 1, 1896, in the village of Strelkovka, Kaluga region, Russia. His parents were peasants. He served during the First World War in the Russian army under Tsar Nicholas II. He was awarded the Cross of St. George twice and promoted for his bravery in ...
37. Vyacheslav Molotov
Self | Krymskaya konferentsiya
Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov (1890 - 8 November 1986) was a Russian politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik, and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s onward. He served as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars from 1930 to 1941 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs ...
38. Antonina Maksimova
Actress | Otello
Antonina Maksimova was born on November 7, 1916 in Tula, Russian Empire [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Othello (1956), Ballad of a Soldier (1959) and This Is How Mayakovsky Began (1958). She died on October 4, 1986 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
39. Andrey Tutyshkin
Director | Shelmenko-denshchik
Andrei Tutyshkin was a notable Russian actor and director best known for his roles in Volga - Volga (1938), Carnival in Moscow (1956), and Anna Karenina (1967).
He was born Andrei Petrovich Tutyshkin, on January 24, 1910, in Kishinyov, Russia (now Chishinau, Moldova). His father, Petr Tutyshkin, was...
40. Mikhail Zharov
Actor | Pyotr pervyy I
Mikhail Zharov was a popular Russian actor who starred in silent films, and enjoyed a stellar career, until he fell under suspicion during the dictatorship of Iosif Stalin.
He was born Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov on October 27, 1899, in Moscow, Russian Empire. His father was a printing press worker. ...
41. Serafima Birman
Actress | Ivan Groznyy
Serafima Birman was born on August 10, 1890 in Kishinyov, Russian Empire [now Chisinau, Moldova]. She was an actress, known for Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944), Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958) and The Girl with the Hat Box (1927). She died on May 11, 1976 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR...
42. Valentin Zubkov
Actor | Letyat zhuravli
Valentin Zubkov was born on May 12, 1923 in Peschanoye, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for The Cranes Are Flying (1957), Ivan's Childhood (1962) and Solntse svetit vsem (1959). He died on January 18, 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
43. Yevgeny Gurov
Actor | Romans o vlyublyonnykh
Yevgeny Gurov was born on January 21, 1897 in Ramenskoe, Moskovskaya guberniya, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Romans o vlyublyonnykh (1974), Girl Without an Address (1958) and Nochnoy patrul (1957). He died on December 31, 1987 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
44. Ilja Ehrenburg
Writer | Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney
Ilja Ehrenburg was born on January 15, 1891 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927), Komunaris chibukhi (1929) and The Pipes (1966). He was previously married to Ljuba Michailowna Kosinzewa. He died on August 31, 1967 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [...
45. Valery Briusov
Writer | Zhizn v smerti
Valeri Briusov was a Russian writer, poet, dramatist, critic, and historian. He was one of the founders of Symbolist movement in Russia.
He was born Valeri Yakovlevich Briusov on December 13, 1873, in Moscow, Russia. His grandfather, Aleksandr Bakulin, was a poet, and his father, Yakov Briusov, was ...
46. Aleksandr Khvylya
Actor | Konstantin Zaslonov
Aleksandr Khvylya was born on July 15, 1905 in Aleksandro-Shultino, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kostiantynivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for The Secret Brigade (1949), The Night Before Christmas (1961) and Alexander Parkhomenko (1942). He died on ...
47. Vsevolod Meyerhold
Actor | Portret Doryana Greya
Vsevolod Meyerhold was born Karl Theodor Kazimir Emil Meyerhold in 1874, in Penza, Russia, into the Russian-German family of Emil Meyerhold. He converted to Orthodox Christianity on his 21st birthday and took the name of Vsevolod in memory of the Russian writer Vsevolod Garshin. After conversion ...
48. Vladimir Kenigson
Actor | Padenie Berlina
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kenigson was born on Novembr 7, 1907, in Simferopol, Russian Empire (now Simferopol, Ukraine). He studied acting at the Studio of Simferopol Drama Theatre and became a member of the troupe in 1925. After having toured all over the USSR, he was invited by Aleksandr Tairov to ...
49. Alla Tarasova
Actress | Bez viny vinovatye
Alla Konstantinovna Tarasova was born on February 6, 1898, in Kiev, Russian Empire, into an aristocratic family. Her father, named Konstantin Tarasov, was a military doctor in Kiev. Tarasova's sister was married to Russian Prince Svyatopolk-Mirsky. From 1910-1914 Young Tarasova studied at the ...
50. Sergey Vasilev
Director | Chapaev
Sergey Vasilev was born on November 4, 1900 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Chapayev (1934), Fortress on the Volga (1942) and Heroes of Shipka (1955). He died on December 16, 1959 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].