Burials at the Novodevichy Cemetery

Main article: Novodevichy Cemetery

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, a physicist
• Nadezhda Alliluyeva-Stalin (1901–1932), wife of Joseph Stalin
• Daniil Andreev (1906–1959), a writer
• Averky Aristov (1903–1973), a politician and diplomat
• 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
• 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 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
• 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 (1932–1999), a former "First Lady" of the Soviet Union
• Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989), a politician and head of state of the Soviet Union
• Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko (1935-2011), popular Soviet and Russian actress, singer and entertainer

Notable burials: H, K

• Nazim Hikmet (1901–1963), a Turkish poet
• 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
• 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), a heroic partisan
• Pyotr Koshevoy (1904–1976), an army general
• Gleb Kotelnikov (1872–1944),the knapsack parachute inventor
• Ivan Kozhedub (1920–1991), an air force general
• Ivan Kozlovsky (1900–1993), an opera singer
• Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921), Russia's foremost anarchist
• Lev Kuleshov (1899–1970), a film theorist and director

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Marshal Nikolay Ogarkov (1917–1994), 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
• 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
• 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
• Aleksandr Razumny (1891–1972), a film director
• Sviatoslav Richter (1915–1997), a pianist
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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