List of Soviet and Russian assassinations

This is a list of people assassinated by the Soviet Union and Russia. Some of the assassinations or targeted killings took place overseas.

Target Position Date City Country Killer
Fyodor Kokoshkin member of the First Russian State Duma 1918-01-20 Leningrad  Russian SFSR Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee
Nikolay Vtorov Russian industrialist. 1918-05-20 Moscow Bolsheviks
Nicholas II last Czar of Russia 1918-07-17 Yekaterinburg Cheka
Francis Cromie British naval attaché 1918-08-31 Petrograd Bolsheviks
Alexander Dutov Russian Cossacks 1921-02-07 Suiding China Bolsheviks
Sidney Reilly British MI6 spy 1925-11-05 Moscow  Soviet Union OGPU
Pyotr Wrangel Russian White Army General 1928-04-25 Brussels  Belgium Soviet agent
Alexander Kutepov White Army General 1930-01-26 Paris  France NKVD
Noe Ramishvili former Prime Minister of Georgia 1930-12-07
Sergey Kirov First Secretary of the Leningrad City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 1934-12-01 Leningrad  Soviet Union
Juliet Stuart Poyntz CPUSA member and soviet intelligence agent 1937-06-03 New York  United States
Ignace Reiss Soviet spy 1937-09-04 Lausanne   Switzerland
Yevhen Konovalets Leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists 1938-05-23 Rotterdam  Netherlands
Yevgeny Miller General in the White Army 1939-05-11 Moscow  Soviet Union
Zinaida Reich Soviet actress 1939-07-15
Leon Trotsky Soviet politician and Marxist revolutionary theorist 1940-08-21 Coyoacán  Mexico
Nikolai Koltsov Soviet biologist 1940-12-02 Leningrad  Soviet Union
Walter Krivitsky defected Soviet intelligence officer 1941-02-10 Washington, D.C.  United States
Mairbek Sheripov Chechen nationalist 1942-11-07 Chechnya  Soviet Union Soviet security force
Carlo Tresca Italian-American newspaper editor 1943-01-11 New York City  United States NKVD
Wilhelm Kube Generalkommissar of Weissruthenien 1943-09-22 Minsk  Soviet Union Yelena Mazanik
Solomon Mikhoels Soviet actor and the artistic director of the Moscow State Jewish Theatre. 1948-01-13 MGB
Khasan Israilov Chechen nationalist 1944-12-29 Chechnya Soviet security force
Leonid Karas Belarusian writer and journalist for Radio Liberty 1954-09-?? Munich  West Germany KGB
Abdurrahman Fatalibeyli Defected Soviet army major; CIA agent and later chief of the Azerbaijani desk for Radio Liberty 1954-11-22
Lev Rebet Leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists 1957-10-10
Imre Nagy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary 1958-06-16 Budapest  Hungary Soviet show trial
Stepan Bandera[1] Leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists 1959-10-15 Munich  West Germany KGB
Mohammed Daoud Khan President of Afghanistan 1978-04-28 Kabul  Afghanistan KGB / PDPA
Georgi Markov Bulgarian dissident journalist 1978-09-11 London  United Kingdom KGB
Hafizullah Amin President of Afghanistan 1979-12-27 Kabul  Afghanistan
Sultan Ibraimov Prime Ministers of Kyrgyzstan 1980-12-04 Cholpon Ata  Soviet Union
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 269 passengers and crew 1983-09-01 Sea of Japan, near Moneron Island, west of Sakhalin Island Soviet Air Force
Nikolay Suleimanov Boss of Chechen Mafia 1994-12-?? Moscow  Russia Russian Mafia
Choe Deok-geun[2] South Korean consular official for the Russian Far East 1996-10-01 Vladivostok
Akhmadov brothers[3] Chechen generals and high ranking military commanders 1999-2002 (7 brothers killed) Dagestan

Chechnya

 FSB
Ruslan Alikhadzhiyev Chairman of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 2000-05-17 Shali
Apti Abitayev[4] Prime suspect in the 1998 kidnapping incident 2001-05-06 Somewhere in Russia
Dzhokhar Dudayev President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 1996-04-21 Chechnya Russian Air Force
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev 2004-02-13 Doha  Qatar SVR / GRU
Aslan Maskhadov 2005-03-08 Tolstoy-Yurt, Chechnya  Russia FSB
Abdul-Halim Sadulayev 2006-06-17 Argun, Chechnya
Arbi Barayev Leader of Special Purpose Islamic Regiment 2001-06-22 Alkhan-Kala, Chechnya
Ibn al-Khattab Emir of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya 2002-03-20 Chechnya
Abu al-Walid 2004-04-16 Chechnya
Abu Hafs al-Urduni 2006-11-26 Chechnya
Muhannad 2011-04-21 Chechnya
Abdulla Kurd 2011-05-03 Chechnya
Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev Deputy Prime Minister and National Security Minister of Chechnya 2002-08-18 Yekaterinburg Unknown Russian agents
Salman Raduyev Chechen separatist warlord and rebel commander 2002-12-14 Solikamsk
Ruslan Gelayev Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya 2004-02-28 Bezhta, Dagestan Border Security Service
Abdourahman al-Zarki[5] Leader of the foreign volunteers unit in the North Caucasus 2000-??-?? Chechnya FSB
Abu Umar Mohammed Al-Sayyaf Senior leader of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya and Ibn al-Khattab's deputy 2001-07-11 Mayrtup, Chechnya
Aslambek Abdulkhadzhiev Field commander of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and deputy of Shamil Basayev 2002-08-26 Shali
Mahmud Hisham al-Hennawi[6] One of the founders of EIJ and Al-Qaeda affiliate 2005-??-?? Chechnya
Magomedzagir Akayev Senior commander of Shariat Jamaat 2005-01-15 Kaspiysk, Dagestan
Abu Omar al-Kuwaiti Al-Qaeda agent and involved in Beslan school siege 2005-02-16 Ingushetia
Rizvan Chitigov Senior Chechen intelligence chief and CIA agent 2005-03-23 Shali, Chechnya
Akhmed Avdorkhanov Head of security for President Aslan Maskhadov 2005-09-19 Somewhere in Chechnya
Abu Omar al-Saif[7] Mufti of Arab fighters in Chechnya and Al-Qaeda affiliate 2005-12-10 Dagestan
Shamil Basayev Most senior Chechen military commander and overall leader of all Chechen rebel factions 2006-07-10 Ingushetia
Aliev Nurov Senior Chechen rebel 2006-08-?? Chechnya
Amir Khayrullah (Suleiman Imurzayev) Senior Chechen commander and prime suspect of the 2004 Grozny stadium bombing 2007-04-05 Grozny, Chechnya
Khura-Magomed Ramazanov Senior Islamic cleric 2007-07-26 Makhachkala, Dagestan
Alexander Litvinenko Defected lieutenant colonel of FSB 2006-11-23 London  United Kingdom SVR
Umar Israilov Ex bodyguard of Ramzan Kadyrov / Critic of the Chechen government 2009-01-13 Vienna  Austria
Movladi Baisarov Ex commander of the Special Battalion Vostok 2006-11-18 Moscow  Russia Kadyrovtsy
Sulim Yamadayev Lieutenant Colonel of Special Battalion Vostok 2009-03-28 (Died 2009-03-30) Dubai  United Arab Emirates
Said Buryatsky Commander of Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs's suicide bombers brigade 2010-03-02 Ekazhevo, Ingushetia  Russia FSB / MVD
Yassir al-Sudani Commander of Caucasus Emirate 2010-06-08 Vedeno, Chechnya
Eldar Magatov[8] Senior Islamist militant 2014-01-21 likely Dagestan Russian police and pro-government militia
Vakha Arsanov Vice president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 2005-05-15 Ivanovo
Supyan Abdullayev 2011-03-28 Ingushetia Russian Air Force
Zaurbek Avdorkhanov[9] Field commander of Caucasus Emirate 2012-07-31 Galashki, Ingushetia FSB
Ibragim Avdorkhanov[10] Chechen separatists and part of 2010 Tsentoroy attack
Ayub Khaladov[11]
Dokka Umarov Emir of the Caucasus Emirate 2013-09-07 Ingushetia
Aliaskhab Kebekov 2015-04-19 Buynaksk, Dagestan
Magomed Suleimanov 2015-08-11 Gimry, Dagestan
Zalim Shebzukhov 2016-08-17 Saint Petersburg
Rasul Makasharipov Emir of Vilayat Dagestan 2005-07-06 Makhachkala, Dagestan
Rappani Khalilov 2007-09-17 Novy Sulak, Dagestan
Abdul Madzhid 2008-09-07 Magaramkentsky District, Dagestan
Omar Sheikhulayev 2009-02-05 outside Makhachkala, Dagestan
Umalat Magomedov 2009-12-31 Khasavyurt, Dagestan
Magomed Vagabov 2010-08-21 Gunib, Dagestan
Israpil Velijanov 2011-04-18 Dagestan
Ibragimkhalil Daudov 2012-02-14 Dagestan
Rustam Asildarov 2016-12-03 near Makhachkala, Dagestan
Said Kharakansky 2017-02-07 Dagestan
Muslim Atayev Emir of Vilayat KBK 2005-01-27 Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria
Anzor Astemirov 2010-03-24
Asker Dzhappuyev 2011-04-29 Progress Stavropol Krai
Alim Zankishiev 2012-03-27 Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria
Khuseyn Gakayev Commander of Vilayat Nokhchicho (Eastern Sector) 2013-01-24 Vedeno, Chechnya
Dzhamaleyl Mutaliyev[12] Emir of Vilayat Galgaycho 2013-05-21 Nazran
Arthur Getagazhev 2014-05-24 Sagopshi, Ingushetia
Beslan Makhauri[13] 2015-10-31 Nazran
Ilyas Vedzizhev[14] Insurgent of Vilayat Galgaycho
Zaur Prokopchuk Senior Caucasus Emirate militant 2015-04-16 Nalchik
Robert Zankishiev Head of Kabardino-Balkaria's terrorist organization 2015-11-10 Unknown
Iyad al-Deek[15][16] Captain of FSA 2015-09-30 northern Homs  Syria Russian Air Force
2 senior ISIL commanders[17] ISIS field commanders 2015-10-8/9 Raqqa province
Basil Zamo[18] Commander of 1st Coastal Division 2015-10-20 Jabal al-Akrad, Latakia
Abu Nurlbagasi[19] ISIS field commanders 2015-11-17/18 Aleppo province
Muhammad ibn Khayrat[20]
Al-Okab[21]
Moder Abdul Salam Hamdoun[22] Senior commander of Thuwar al-Sham Brigades 2015-12-??
Zahran Alloush[23] Commander of Jaysh al-Islam 2015-12-25 Utaya, Rif Dimashq
Nimr al-Shukri[24] Military commander of Ahrar ash-Sham of Aleppo 2016-02-09 Northern Aleppo
Abu Abdollah Jabal[25] Senior commander of Al-Nusra Front 2016-06-22 Northwestern Aleppo
Abul Baha al-Asfari[26] Field commander of Jabhat Fatah al-Sham 2016-11-16 Idlib
Muhammad Helala[27]
Abu Jaber Harmuja[28]
(Real Estate Chief of “al-Khair State”)[29] ISIL emir of Deir Ezzor 2017-01-?? Deir Ezzor
Abu Rida al-Turkestani[30][31] Leader of Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria 2017-01-12 Ariha, Idlib
Gulmurod Khalimov[32] ISIL war minister 2017-09-08 Deir ez-Zor
Abu Muhammad al-Shimali[33] Emir of Deir ez-Zor
Abu Sulman al-Saudi[34] Chief of southern sector in Idlib province 2017-09-27 Idlib province
Abu al-Abbas Anadin[34] Emir on financial issues (war minister)
Abu Hasan[34] Adviser to military minister Abu Muhammad Al-julani
Walid al-Mustafa[34] Aide to spiritual leader Abdallah al-Muheisni
Abu Mudjagid[34] Sharia judge
Abu Islam Al-Kazaki[35] Senior ISIL member 2017-10-02 Eastern bank of the Euphrates, Deir ez-Zor
Ahmad al-Ghizai[36] Security service chief of Jabhat al-Nusra 2017-10-3 Specific location undisclosed
Husem Mahzum[37] Field commander of Jabhat al-Nusra
Ahmad Khalez Ali al-Zawawi[38]
Alaa Al Din Al Shishani[39] Senior ISIL commanders 2017-10-5/6 Abu Kamal
Salah Al Din Al Shishani[40]
Salakhuddin Shishani[41] Emir of Jaysh Usrah 2017-12-17 northern Hama province
Abu Mohammad Saif[42] Commander of Failaq al-Rahman 2018-03-14 Eastern Ghouta
Abu Mohammed Jobar[43]
Abu Omar al Dayk[44] Commander of Faylaq al-Sham 2019-07-19 Northern Latakia
Abu Riad al-Deiri[45] Senior leader of FSA 2019-08-06 north of Latakia
Mohammad Husein Qasem[46] Commander of Faylaq al-Sham 2019-08-19 Northwestern province of Idlib
Ali Osaev[47] Istanbul representative of the Caucasus Emirate 2009-02-26 Istanbul  Turkey SVR
Berg-Hadj Musayev[48] Senior chechen separatists 2011-09-16
Zaurbek Amriyev[49]
Rustam Altemirov[50]
Abdullah Bukhari[51] Usbek-chechen Islamic cleric 2014-12-10
Abdulvahid Edelgiriev Chechen commander during the Chechen-Russian conflict 2015-11-01 Başakşehir, İstanbul Province
Ruslan Israpilov Chechen fighter during the Chechen-Russian conflict 2016-05-11 Kocaeli Province, Turkey
Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 76777 40 paratroopers of 25th Airborne Brigade and 9 crew members of Ukrainian Air Force 2014-06-14 near Luhansk  Ukraine Wagner Group[52][53]
Military convoy of Ukrainian forces 30 Ukrainian soldiers and 7 border guards 2014-07-11 Zelenopillya, Luhansk Oblast Unknown Russian artillery unit
Oleksandr Kharaberiush SBU colonel 2017-03-31 Mariupol SVR / FSB
Yurii Vitalyevich Voznyi (Yuri Vozny) 2017-06-27 Kostiantynivka
Maksym Shapoval HUR MOU colonel Kiev
Timur Makhauri (aka Ali Timaiev)[54][55] Chechen battalion commander / fighter 2017-09-08
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili Military commander of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and Western intelligence agent 2019-08-23 Berlin  Germany GRU[56]

See also

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