List of Assassinated People - Assassinations in Russia and The Soviet Union

Assassinations in Russia and The Soviet Union

  • Peter III of Russia (1762), Emperor of Russia
  • Paul of Russia (1801), Emperor of Russia
  • Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (1825), military Governor of Saint Petersburg
  • Nikolay Vladimirovich Mezentsev (1878), Executive Director of the Third Section
  • Alexander II of Russia (1881 March 13), Tsar of All the Russias
  • Nikolay Alekseyev (1893), Mayor of Moscow
  • Dmitry Sipyagin (1902 April 8), Russian Interior Minister
  • Vyacheslav Pleve (1904), Russian Interior Minister
  • Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov (1905), former Governor-General of Moscow
  • Peter Stolypin (1911 September 14), Russian Prime Minister, killed in theater in Kiev
  • Grigori Rasputin (1916 December 30), controversial friar and mystic
  • Tsar Nicholas II and his family: Tsarina Alexandra, Tsarevich Alexei, and the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia (1918 July 16)
  • Elizabeth (Ella) of Hesse, Grand Duchess of Russia, sister of Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of tsar Nicholas II. (18 July 1918)
  • V. Volodarsky (1918), revolutionary
  • Wilhelm von Mirbach (1918), German Ambassador in Moscow
  • Sergei Kirov (1934 December 1), Bolshevik party leader in Leningrad
  • Solomon Mikhoels (1948), Chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee
  • Igor Talkov (1991), singer-songwriter, anti-Soviet activist
  • Vladislav Listyev (1995), a Russian journalist and head of the ORT TV Channel
  • Dzhokhar Dudayev (1996), first Chechen separatist President and anti-Russian guerrilla leader
  • Valeriy Hubulov (1998), South Ossetian politician, former prime minister
  • Galina Starovoitova (1998), influential politician, then member of Russian parliament (Duma)
  • Otakhon Latifi (1998), Tajik journalist and opposition figure
  • Sergei Yushenkov (2003), Russian politician, in Moscow
  • Yuri Shchekochikhin (2003), Russian journalist, in Moscow
  • Paul Klebnikov (2004), editor of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine
  • Akhmad Kadyrov (2004), Kremlin-backed President of the Chechen Republic
  • Aslan Maskhadov (2005), President of separatist Chechnya
  • Anatoly Trofimov (2005), former FSB deputy director
  • Magomed Omarov (2005), deputy Interior Minister of Dagestan
  • Bayaman Erkinbayev (2005), Kyrgyz MP
  • Altynbek Sarsenbayev (2006), Kazakh politician
  • Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev (2006), President of separatist Chechnya
  • Anna Politkovskaya (2006), Russian journalist and human rights campaigner.
  • Vitaly Karayev (2008), mayor of Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania
  • Kazbek Pagiyev (2008), former mayor of Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania
  • Nina Varlamova (2008), mayor of Kandalaksha, Murmansk Oblast
  • Stanislav Markelov (2009), human rights lawyer
  • Adilgerei Magomedtagirov (2009), interior minister of Dagestan
  • Aza Gazgireyeva (2009), deputy chair of Ingushetia Supreme Court
  • Bashir Aushev (2009), former deputy prime minister of Ingushetia
  • Natalia Estemirova (2009), human rights activist
  • Gadzhimurat Kamalov (2011), journalist

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