SettingsSuicides in the Soviet Union
Adolph Joffe
Adolph Abramovich Joffe was a Communist revolutionary, a Bolshevik politician and a Soviet diplomat of Karaite descent.
Adolph Abramovich Joffe was a Communist revolutionary, a Bolshevik politician and a Soviet diplomat of Karaite descent.
Aleksandr Chervyakov
Aleksandr Grigoryevich Chervyakov was one of the founders and eventually became the leader of the Communist Party of Belorussia.
Aleksandr Grigoryevich Chervyakov was one of the founders and eventually became the leader of the Communist Party of Belorussia.
Aleksandr Dmitrievich Ogorodnik
Alexander Dmitrievich Ogorodnik was a Soviet Diplomat who, while stationed in Bogotá, was blackmailed by Colombian intelligence agents into spying against the Soviet Union.
Alexander Dmitrievich Ogorodnik was a Soviet Diplomat who, while stationed in Bogotá, was blackmailed by Colombian intelligence agents into spying against the Soviet Union.
Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev
Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev was a Soviet writer, one of the co-founders of the Union of Soviet Writers and its chairman from 1946 to 1954.
Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev was a Soviet writer, one of the co-founders of the Union of Soviet Writers and its chairman from 1946 to 1954.
Alexander Bashlachev
Alexander Nickolaevich Bashlachev was a Russian poet, musician, guitarist, and singer-songwriter.
Alexander Nickolaevich Bashlachev was a Russian poet, musician, guitarist, and singer-songwriter.
Alfrēds Riekstiņš
Alfrēds Riekstiņš was a Latvian Legion soldier, who later collaborated with British Intelligence to fight the Soviet Union.
Alfrēds Riekstiņš was a Latvian Legion soldier, who later collaborated with British Intelligence to fight the Soviet Union.
August Sabbe
August Sabbe (September 1, 1909 – September 27 or 28, 1978) was one of the last surviving Estonian members of the Forest Brethren, a group of citizens of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania who resist...
August Sabbe (September 1, 1909 – September 27 or 28, 1978) was one of the last surviving Estonian members of the Forest Brethren, a group of citizens of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania who resist...
Boris Barnet
Boris Vasilyevich Barnet was a Soviet film director, actor and screenwriter of Jewish origin.
Boris Vasilyevich Barnet was a Soviet film director, actor and screenwriter of Jewish origin.
Evald Ilyenkov
Evald Vassilievich Ilyenkov (Э́вальд Васи́льевич Илье́нков; 18 February 1924, Smolensk–21 March 1979, Moscow) was a Marxist author and Soviet philosopher who did original work on the mater...
Evald Vassilievich Ilyenkov (Э́вальд Васи́льевич Илье́нков; 18 February 1924, Smolensk–21 March 1979, Moscow) was a Marxist author and Soviet philosopher who did original work on the mater...
Fatma Gadri
Fatma Gadir qizi Gadri ( Fatma Qədri), also spelled Qadri, Kadri, or Kadry (1 April 1907 – 29 February 1968) was an Azerbaijani theatre actress.
Fatma Gadir qizi Gadri ( Fatma Qədri), also spelled Qadri, Kadri, or Kadry (1 April 1907 – 29 February 1968) was an Azerbaijani theatre actress.
Galaktion Tabidze
Galaktion Tabidze was a leading Georgian poet of the twentieth century whose writings profoundly influenced all subsequent generations of Georgian poets.
Galaktion Tabidze was a leading Georgian poet of the twentieth century whose writings profoundly influenced all subsequent generations of Georgian poets.
Glenn Michael Souther
Glenn Michael Souther also known as Mikhail Yevgenyevich Orlov, was a US Navy photographer who defected to the Soviet Union in 1986.
Glenn Michael Souther also known as Mikhail Yevgenyevich Orlov, was a US Navy photographer who defected to the Soviet Union in 1986.
Grigori Nelyubov
Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov (March 31, 1934 – February 18, 1966) was a Soviet cosmonaut who was likely to have been the third or fourth person in space before his dismissal from the Sovie...
Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov (March 31, 1934 – February 18, 1966) was a Soviet cosmonaut who was likely to have been the third or fourth person in space before his dismissal from the Sovie...
Grigory Ordzhonikidze
Grigol Ordzhonikidze was a Georgian Bolshevik, later member of the CPSU Politburo and close friend to Joseph Stalin.
Grigol Ordzhonikidze was a Georgian Bolshevik, later member of the CPSU Politburo and close friend to Joseph Stalin.
Heydar Huseynov
Dr. Heydar Najaf oglu Huseynov (Azeri: Heydər Hüseynov) (3 April 1908, Erivan – 15 August 1950, Baku) was an Azerbaijani philosopher and academician.
Dr. Heydar Najaf oglu Huseynov (Azeri: Heydər Hüseynov) (3 April 1908, Erivan – 15 August 1950, Baku) was an Azerbaijani philosopher and academician.
Ivan Maslennikov
Ivan Ivanovich Maslennikov, General of the Army, was a Soviet military and NKVD commander of Army and Front level during World War II. A career Red Army officer, Maslennikov was transferred to N...
Ivan Ivanovich Maslennikov, General of the Army, was a Soviet military and NKVD commander of Army and Front level during World War II. A career Red Army officer, Maslennikov was transferred to N...
José Díaz (politician)
José Díaz Ramos was a Spanish trade unionist and communist politician.
José Díaz Ramos was a Spanish trade unionist and communist politician.
Karen Grigorian
Karen Ashotovich Grigorian (7 September 1947 - 30 October 1989) was an Armenian chess master, and son of the poet Ashot Grashi.
Karen Ashotovich Grigorian (7 September 1947 - 30 October 1989) was an Armenian chess master, and son of the poet Ashot Grashi.
Leonard Adamov
Leonard Illarionovich Adamov (Леонард Илларионович Адамов, Леонард Ілларіонович Адамов; born March 10, 1941 in Odessa; died November 9, 1977 in Minsk) was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player.
Leonard Illarionovich Adamov (Леонард Илларионович Адамов, Леонард Ілларіонович Адамов; born March 10, 1941 in Odessa; died November 9, 1977 in Minsk) was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player.
Lev Schnirelmann
Lev Genrikhovich Schnirelmann, also Shnirelman, Shnirel'man was a Soviet mathematician who sought to prove Goldbach's conjecture.
Lev Genrikhovich Schnirelmann, also Shnirelman, Shnirel'man was a Soviet mathematician who sought to prove Goldbach's conjecture.
Lilya Brik
Lilya Yuryevna Brik (alternatively spelled Lili or Lily, Лиля Юрьевна Брик; - August 4, 1978) is known best as a muse of Vladimir Mayakovsky.
Lilya Yuryevna Brik (alternatively spelled Lili or Lily, Лиля Юрьевна Брик; - August 4, 1978) is known best as a muse of Vladimir Mayakovsky.
Mikhail Grigoryevich Yefremov
Lieutenant General Mikhail Grigoryevich Yefremov (also Efremov) (Михаи́л Григо́рьевич Ефре́мов) (February 22, 1897–April 19, 1942) was a military commander of the Soviet Union.
Lieutenant General Mikhail Grigoryevich Yefremov (also Efremov) (Михаи́л Григо́рьевич Ефре́мов) (February 22, 1897–April 19, 1942) was a military commander of the Soviet Union.
Nikolay Kruchina
Nikolay Yefimovich Kruchina (Николай Ефимович Кручина; May 14, 1928, Siberian Krai (now Altai Krai) - August 26, 1991, Moscow), was a top Soviet communist official, the administrator of affairs ...
Nikolay Yefimovich Kruchina (Николай Ефимович Кручина; May 14, 1928, Siberian Krai (now Altai Krai) - August 26, 1991, Moscow), was a top Soviet communist official, the administrator of affairs ...
Nikos Zachariadis
Nikolaos Zachariadis (Νίκος Ζαχαριάδης; 27 April 1903, Adrianople, Ottoman Empire - 8 August 1973, Surgut, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece ...
Nikolaos Zachariadis (Νίκος Ζαχαριάδης; 27 April 1903, Adrianople, Ottoman Empire - 8 August 1973, Surgut, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece ...
Oleksa Hirnyk
Oleksa Mykolajovyč Hirnyk (Олекса Миколайович Гiрник) (March 27, 1912 - January 21, 1978) was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident, an engineer by profession, who burned himself to death as an act of pr...
Oleksa Mykolajovyč Hirnyk (Олекса Миколайович Гiрник) (March 27, 1912 - January 21, 1978) was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident, an engineer by profession, who burned himself to death as an act of pr...
Paolo Iashvili
Paolo Iashvili (პაოლო იაშვილი) (June 29, 1894 – July 22, 1937) was a Georgian poet and one of the leaders of Georgian symbolist movement.
Paolo Iashvili (პაოლო იაშვილი) (June 29, 1894 – July 22, 1937) was a Georgian poet and one of the leaders of Georgian symbolist movement.
Romas Kalanta
Romas Kalanta (February 22, 1953 in Alytus – May 15, 1972 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian high school student known for his public self-immolation protesting Soviet regime in Lithuania.
Romas Kalanta (February 22, 1953 in Alytus – May 15, 1972 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian high school student known for his public self-immolation protesting Soviet regime in Lithuania.
Sasha Gegechkori
Aleksi "Sasha" Gegechkori (ალექსი "საშა" გეგეჭკორი; Алексей Александрович "Саша" Гегечкори, Aleksey Aleksandrovich Gegechkori) (November 23, 1887 – June 7, 1928) was a Georgian Bolshevik act...
Aleksi "Sasha" Gegechkori (ალექსი "საშა" გეგეჭკორი; Алексей Александрович "Саша" Гегечкори, Aleksey Aleksandrovich Gegechkori) (November 23, 1887 – June 7, 1928) was a Georgian Bolshevik act...
Valery Legasov
Valery Alexeyevich Legasov (Валерий Алексеевич Легасов; September 1, 1936, Tula, Soviet Union — April 27, 1988, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a prominent Soviet scientist in the field of i...
Valery Alexeyevich Legasov (Валерий Алексеевич Легасов; September 1, 1936, Tula, Soviet Union — April 27, 1988, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a prominent Soviet scientist in the field of i...
Vasili Blokhin
Vasili Mikhailovich Blokhin was a Soviet Major-General who served as the chief executioner of the Stalinist NKVD under the administrations of Genrikh Yagoda, Nikolai Yezhov, and Lavrenty Beria.
Vasili Mikhailovich Blokhin was a Soviet Major-General who served as the chief executioner of the Stalinist NKVD under the administrations of Genrikh Yagoda, Nikolai Yezhov, and Lavrenty Beria.
Viacheslav Solodukhin
Viacheslav Solodukhin (November 11, 1950 in St. Petersburg, Russia – 1980) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League.
Viacheslav Solodukhin (November 11, 1950 in St. Petersburg, Russia – 1980) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League.
Vytautas Vičiulis
Vytautas Vičiulis (October 16, 1951 in the Skuodas district – March 3, 1989 in Klaipėda) was a Lithuanian painter and antiques restorer, better known for his self-immolation for political reasons.
Vytautas Vičiulis (October 16, 1951 in the Skuodas district – March 3, 1989 in Klaipėda) was a Lithuanian painter and antiques restorer, better known for his self-immolation for political reasons.
Yekaterina Furtseva
Yekaterina Alexeyevna Furtseva was probably the most influential woman in Soviet politics and the first woman to be admitted into Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the...
Yekaterina Alexeyevna Furtseva was probably the most influential woman in Soviet politics and the first woman to be admitted into Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the...
Yulia Drunina
Yulia Vladimirovna Drunina (, May 10, 1924 - November 21, 1991) was a Russian poet.
Yulia Vladimirovna Drunina (, May 10, 1924 - November 21, 1991) was a Russian poet.
Yury Lutovinov
Yury Kharitonovich (or Khrisanfovich) Lutovinov (Юрий Харитонович/Хрисантович Лутовинов; 1887–1924) was a Russian labor leader.
Yury Kharitonovich (or Khrisanfovich) Lutovinov (Юрий Харитонович/Хрисантович Лутовинов; 1887–1924) was a Russian labor leader.
Zmicier Zhylunovich
Zmicier Zhylunovich (Belarusian-lacinka: Źmicier Žyłunovič, Belarusian-Cyrillic alphabet: Зьміцер Жылуновіч, transliterated from Russian: Dmitri Zhilunovich) (October 13, 1887 &mdash...
Zmicier Zhylunovich (Belarusian-lacinka: Źmicier Žyłunovič, Belarusian-Cyrillic alphabet: Зьміцер Жылуновіч, transliterated from Russian: Dmitri Zhilunovich) (October 13, 1887 &mdash...