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Arts / theatre / musical comedy / operetta / People's Artist of Russia

Aleksandr Pashchenko

1945 – 2026 · Singer, actor, and stage director (musical comedy / operetta); People's Artist of Russia

“From scenery crew to People's Artist, he gave Orenburg nearly 700 roles and his whole heart.”

🕯 75 · ✍️ 9 · 📷 3

Journalism

Alexey Vishnevetsky

1965 – 2026 · Journalist, newspaper and television editor, documentary executive, deputy chairman of the Russian Union of Journalists

“The union deputy who said journalism is a duty of responsibility, not a race to be first.”

🕯 77 · ✍️ 7 · 📷 1

Sport

Tadeusz Kasyanov

1938 – 2026 · Boxer; traditional karate and hand-to-hand coach; stunt coordinator and actor; author; president, All-Russian Federation of Hand-to-Hand Combat and Traditional Karate

“Boatswain Matveich and a pioneer of Soviet karate, who taught the fight and staged the stunts.”

🕯 51 · ✍️ 9 · 📷 2

Politics

Georgy Matyukhin

1934 – 2026 · economist, academic, professor, central banker, former intelligence officer

“First Bank of Russia chairman, who built a two-tier system as the Soviet Union ended.”

🕯 61 · ✍️ 9 · 📷 1

Theatre

Nina Popova

1945 – 2026 · Actress (theatre, film, television)

“Sixty years on one Moscow stage, and Zhenya in the first Soviet television serial.”

🕯 91 · ✍️ 6 · 📷 1

Literature

Iskhak Mashbash

1930 – 2026 · Poet; novelist; translator; public intellectual; Writers Union leader; anthem lyricist

“Living voice of his people's literature.”

🕯 66 · ✍️ 6 · 📷 5

Politics

Mikhail Gorbachev

1931 – 2022 · Leader of the Soviet Union

“If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.”

🕯 207 · ✍️ 15 · 📷 5

Exploration

Yuri Gagarin

1934 – 1968 · Cosmonaut

“I see Earth. It is so beautiful.”

🕯 141 · ✍️ 14 · 📷 5