Burials at the Novodevichy Cemetery

Coordinates: 55°43′29″N 37°33′16″E / 55.72472°N 37.55444°E / 55.72472; 37.55444

Notable burials: A–C

Sergey Afanasyev (1918–2001), first Soviet space industry minister
Ivan Agayants (1911–1968), a KGB officer and foreign spy
Sergei Aksakov (1791–1859), a writer
Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov, (1905–1994), leader of the Alexandrov Ensemble
Abraham Alikhanov, (1904–1970), a physicist
Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901–1932), wife of Joseph Stalin
Daniil Andreev (1906–1959), a writer
Averky Aristov (1903–1973), a politician and diplomat
Pavel Batov (1897–1985), an army general
Demyan Bedny (1883–1945), a writer
Andrei Bely (1880–1934), a writer
Pavel Belyayev (1925–1970), a cosmonaut
Georgi Beregovoi (1921–1995), a cosmonaut
Mark Bernes (1911–1969), an actor and singer
Maria Blumenthal-Tamarina (1859–1938), actress
Vladimir Bonch-Bruevich (1873–1955), a writer
Sergei Bondarchuk (1920–1994), an actor and director
Artyom Borovik (1960–2000), a journalist and businessman
Mikhail Botvinnik (1911–1995), a chess champion
Valeriy Brumel (1942–2003), an athlete champion
Valery Bryusov (1873–1924), a writer
Mikhail Bulgakov (1881–1940), a playwright and author
Nikolai Bulganin (1895–1975), A Marshal and statesman
Nikolai Burdenko (1876–1946), a neurosurgeon
Rolan Bykov (1929–1998), an actor
Feodor Chaliapin (1873–1938), an opera singer
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), a writer
Vladimir Chelomei (1914–1984), a rocket engineer
Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (1904–1990), a Nobel laureate in Physics
Ivan Chernyakhovsky (1906–1945), a General of the Army
Georgi Chicherin (1872–1936), a statesman

Notable burials: D–G

Yakov Dashevsky (1902–1972), an army general
Kuzma Derevyanko (1904–1954), an army general
Alexander Deyneka (1899–1969), a painter and sculptor
Lev Dovator (1903–1941), an army general
Isaak Dunayevsky (1900–1955), a composer and conductor
Ilya Ehrenburg (1891–1967), a writer
G. El-Registan (1899–1945), a poet
Sergei Eisenstein (1898–1948), a film director
Alexander Fadeyev (1901–1956), a writer
Klavdia Fomicheva, (1917–1958), WWII pilot and Heronie of the Soviet Union
Dmitri Furmanov (1891–1926), a writer
Ekaterina Furtseva (1910–1974), a politician
Shakir Geniatullin (1895–1946), an army general
Sergei Gerasimov (1906–1985), a film director
Reinhold Glière (1875–1956), a composer
Valentin Glushko (1908–1989), a spacecraft and rockets designer
Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852), a writer
Raisa Gorbachyova (1933–1999), a former "First Lady" of the Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989), a politician and head of state of the Soviet Union
Lyudmila Gurchenko (1935–2011), popular Soviet and Russian actress, singer and entertainer

Notable burials: H–K

Nazim Hikmet (1901–1963), a Turkish poet
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962–2017), an opera singer
Ilya Ilf (1897–1937), a writer
Sergey Ilyushin (1894–1977), aircraft designer
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904–1987), a composer
Lazar Kaganovich (1892–1991), a politician
Leonid Kantorovich (1912–1986), a Nobel Prize–winning economist
Lev Kassil (1905–1970), a writer
Valentin Kataev (1897–1986), a writer
Velimir Khlebnikov (1885–1922), a poet
Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971), Leader of the Soviet Union (1953–1964)
Igor Kio (1944–2006), an illusionist
Vladimir Kokkinaki (1904–1985), distinguished Soviet test pilot
Andrey Kolmogorov (1903–1987), eminent mathematician
Boris Korolev (1885–1963), avant-garde sculptor
Olga Knipper (1868–1959), an actress
Rustam Khan Khoyski (1888–1948), Minister of Social Security of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Leonid Kogan (1924–1982), a violin virtuoso
Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952), a politician
Pavel Korin (1892–1967), a Russian painter and art restorer
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923–1941), partisan and Heronie of the Soviet Union
Pyotr Koshevoy (1904–1976), an Army Marshal
Gleb Kotelnikov (1872–1944),the knapsack parachute inventor
Ivan Kozhedub (1920–1991), an air force general
Ivan Kozlovsky (1900–1993), an opera singer
Ernst Krenkel (1903–1971), an explorer and radio operator
Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova (1950–2003), ischiopagus tripus conjoined twins
Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921), Russia's foremost anarchist
Lev Kuleshov (1899–1970), a film theorist and director
Vladimir Krinsky (1890–1971), artist and architect

Notable burials: L–O

Lev Landau (1908–1968), a Nobel laureate in Physics
Alexander Lebed (1950–2002), an army General and politician
Sergei Lebedev (1902–1974), a computer pioneer
Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (1898–1949), poet and singer
Pavel Lebedev-Polianskii (1881–1948), director of Glavlit
Sergei Lemeshev (1902–1977), an opera singer
Yevgeny Leonov (1926–1994), an actor
Isaac Levitan (1860–1900), a painter
Yuri Levitan (1914–1983), radio announcer
Maxim Litvinov (1876–1951), a politician
Matvey Manizer (1891–1966), Socialist realist sculptor
Alexei Maresiev (1916–2001), a flying ace
Samuil Marshak (1887–1964), a writer, translator and children's poet
Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), a poet
Victor Merzhanov (1919–2012), Russian pianist
Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978), a politician and head of state of the Soviet Union
Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986), a politician
Kirill Moskalenko (1902–1985), a former commander of Strategic Rocket Forces
Vera Mukhina (1889–1953), a sculptor
Alexander Nadiradze (1914–1987), a missile/weapon engineer and designer
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858–1943), a theater director
Yuri Nikulin (1921–1997), a clown and actor
Alexander Novikov (1900–1976), an Air Force Marshal
Sergey Obraztsov (1901–1992), a puppeteer
Vladimir Obruchev (1863–1956), a geologist, geographer and explorer
Nikolay Ogarev (1813–1877), a writer
Nikolay Ogarkov (1917–1994), a Marshal and Chief of the Soviet General Staff (1977–1984)
David Oistrakh (1908–1974), a violin virtuoso
Aleksandr Oparin (1894–1980), a scientist
Lyubov Orlova (1902–1975), an actress
Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904–1936), a writer

Notable burials: P–R

Ivan Panfilov (1892–1941), an army general
Anatoli Papanov (1922–1987), an actor
Valentin Parnakh (1891–1951), a poet and jazz musician
Vera Pashennaya (1887–1962), Russian Soviet actress of theater and cinema
Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916–1974), a female sniper
Ivan Petrov (1896–1958), an army general
Ivan Petrovsky (1901–1973), a mathematician
Nikolai Podgorny (1903–1983), a politician and head of state of the Soviet Union
Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin (1913–1985), an Air Force marshal
Boris Polevoy (1908–1981), a writer
Vitaly Popkov (1922–2010), a pilot
Pyotr Pospelov (1898–1971), a high-ranked Communist Party functionary
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953), a composer
Aleksandr Ptushko (1900–1973), a film director
Vyacheslav Ragozin (1908–1962), a chessplayer
Arkady Raikin (1911–1987), a stand up comedian
Irina Rakobolskaya (1919–2016), chief of staff all-female 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment in WWII; physicist
Aleksandr Razumny (1891–1972), a film director
Sviatoslav Richter (1915–1997), a pianist
George de Roerich (1902–1960), a tibetologist
Mikhail Romm (1901–1971), a film director
Mstislav Rostropovich (1927–2007), a cellist
Nikolai Rubinstein (1835–1881), a Russian pianist and composer
Lidiya Ruslanova (1900–1973), a folk singer

Notable burials: S

Alexander Saburov (1908–1974), an army general and politician
Ivan Samylovsky (1905–1971), a diplomat
Otto Schmidt (1891–1956), a scientist
Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998), a composer
Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), a composer
Ivan Sechenov (1829–1905), a physiologist
Nikolai Semashko (1874–1949), a politician
Yuri Senkevich (1937–2003), an explorer
Valentin Serov (1865–1911), a writer and artist
Alexey Shchusev (1873–1949), an architect
Vissarion Shebalin (1902–1963), a composer
Dmitri Shepilov (1905–1995), a politician
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), a composer
Vladimir Shukhov (1853–1939), a civil engineer
Vasily Shukshin (1929–1974), a writer and actor
Innokenty Smoktunovsky (1925–1994), an actor
Leonid Sobinov (1872–1934), a tenor and Director of the Bolshoi Theatre
Sergei Sokolov (1911–2012), a Marshal and Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union
Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900), a philosopher
Konstantin Stanislavski (1863–1938), a theater director
Leopold Sulerzhitsky (1872–1916), a theater practitioner
Mikhail Arkadyevich Svetlov (1903–1964), a poet
Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998), a composer

Notable burials: T–Z

Viktor Talalikhin (1918–1941), a heroic army lieutenant
Sergei Taneyev (1856–1915), a composer
Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968), a poet and playwright
Yevgeny Tarle (1874–1955), a historian
Vladimir Tatlin (1885–1953), a painter and architect
Vasily Tikhomirov (1876–1956), a choreographer
Nikolai Tikhonov (1905–1997), a politician
Gherman Titov (1935–2000), a cosmonaut, second man in space
Aleksey Tolstoy (1882–1945), a writer
Pavel Tretyakov (1832–1898), a businessman and art collector
Andrei Tupolev (1888–1972), an aircraft designer
Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910–1971), a writer
Galina Ulanova (1909–1998), a prima ballerina
Vasili Ulrikh (1889–1951), a military judge
Mikhail Ulyanov (1927–2007), an actor
Yevgeny Vakhtangov (1883–1922), a theater director
Arkady Volsky (1932–2006), a politician and businessman
Sergey Vavilov (1891–1951), a physicist
Vladimir Vernadsky (1863–1945), a mineralogist and a geochemist
Alexander Vertinsky (1889–1957), a singer
Dziga Vertov (1896–1954), a filmmaker
Ivan Vinogradov (1891–1983), a mathematician
Galina Vishnevskaya (1926–2012), an operatic soprano & wife of Mstislav Rostropovich
Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky (1896–1934), a psychologist
Boris Yefimov (1899 or 1900–2008), a political cartoonist
Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007), the first President of the Russian Federation
Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev (1926–1992), an actor
Yakov Yurovsky (1878–1938), chief executioner of Russia's last Tsar, Nicholas II and his family
Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903–1958), a poet
Nikolay Zelinskiy (1861–1953), a chemist
Georgiy Zhzhonov (1915–2005), an actor

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