The passing year of 2017 will leave in memory the names of those who are no longer with us - outstanding Russians, thanks to whom we can be proud of our Motherland. Favorite artists, figures of art and science, engineers who dedicated their lives to creating new things, and real heroes to whom we owe a peaceful sky.

He came up with the most piercing and bright melodies of our childhood. And they will remain with us forever. Composer Vladimir Shainsky managed to make a gloomy day brighter with just one smile. And it seems that love itself spoke through his soulful music.

Of all the films about the war, viewers chose “The Cranes Are Flying” with their hearts. The most sincere role of Alexei Batalov. But we loved him for Sasha Rumyantsev, and for the scientist Gusev, for Prince Trubetskoy, the simple mechanic Gosha, with whom all the women were in love. And, of course, for the enveloping voice in the fog.

Behind each role of Leonid Bronevoy there is not just depth and wisdom, but a reflection of his own difficult and in many ways tragic fate. He said: I don’t like people who smile a lot. It’s better if they are gloomy, taught by bitter experience, they will not betray. But at the same time, he carved smiles, forcing people to love life in all its manifestations.

Solid and subtle, original and calm to glory. He could also convey simple soldier’s pain, as in “Twenty Days Without War.” And all the madness of Rasputin, so desperately that it led to a heart attack. The great Russian actor Alexey Petrenko lived and played to the rupture of the soul - both ours and his own.

Her unexpected departure was a blow. Tender and fragile Vera Glagoleva is a symbol of the generation on screen and in life. An actress with special intonation and charm. And at the same time deep and strong. She managed to finish her last picture. And only then did she melt away like a morning star.

One of the main beauties of our cinema passed away this year. Oleg Vidov is a romantic and the darling of fate. For many, he will remain a hero from a fairy tale, whom you will never meet in life.

Georgy Taratorkin left behind not only one of the brightest Raskolnikovs in our cinema, but also the largest theater award, the Golden Mask.

Largely thanks to Vladimir Tolokonnikov, we fell in love with this adaptation of Bulgakov’s “Heart of a Dog.” He managed to convey the entire essence of Sharikov so accurately that it is now impossible to imagine anyone else in this role.

The sudden death of actor Dmitry Maryanov was like parting with someone close. All the girls his age were in love with his charming Alik Raduga, and the boys wanted to be like him, to experience the same adventures and the same first love.

This year, people left us who desperately loved television and gave it all their time and hearts. The author of the most poignant program, “Wait for Me,” Sergei Kushnerev, was just as sincerely worried about the people who managed to find each other, as we ourselves were, sitting in front of the screens. He relaunched the cult “Vzglyad” and made the whole country worry - who is he, the last hero?

The legend of our television Galina Shergova has left dozens of documentaries. But, most of all, she was proud of the simple and heartfelt words that she wrote for the famous Minute of Silence.

The presenter and journalist Elena Mironova was loved not only by the whole country - for her voice, wit and elegance. But also colleagues. For your special warmth and responsiveness.

Sports commentator Vladimir Pereturin was remembered by the audience as a person who sincerely loved his job. A former footballer himself, he enthusiastically told the country how others played.

It was television that made Alan Chumak popular. The whole country was charging water and creams in front of the screens. Allegedly, his energy healed many ailments. Or maybe people then just needed to believe in something...

He witnessed some of the most intricate, tragic and farcical moments in world history. The great Russian poet of the twentieth century, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, left us, leaving a universe of meanings and experiences. And, of course, these heartfelt lines: “Oh, someone, come, disrupt the unity of strangers and the disunity of close souls...”

The main legacy of the writer Daniil Granin for all of us was the “Siege Book”. An indisputable document of the era. Candid and stunning testimonies from people. They trusted Granin, who himself did not know how he survived in the trenches near Leningrad.

He made us laugh even in difficult times, when, in general, there was no time to laugh. Writer Mikhail Zadornov was both a guest on any holiday and the person who taught us to laugh at ourselves. Without any malice - just for a good mood.

He loved Russia and its history as it is - with all the wars and troubles, tragedies and heroes. And he left it all on his canvases. Legendary artist Ilya Glazunov.

Twice Olympic champion and four times world champion. Famous figure skater Lyudmila Belousova. Together with Oleg Protopopov, they changed figure skating itself, performing many elements for the first time.

The first woman to break the sound barrier at the controls of a fighter jet, Marina Popovich. The whole world knows her name. And hundreds of students will be remembered - the same conquerors of the sky.

He said that only his work could prevent the nuclear threat and save humanity. Yuri Drozdov headed our illegal intelligence and created the Vympel group. And he was a key participant in outstanding special operations. The fortification diagram he drew made it possible to quickly take Amin's palace in Kabul. And the brilliant negotiation is to exchange the Soviet spy known as Rudolf Abel for the American spy Powers.

Thank you for fighting for Russia! These words sounded after Vitaly Churkin, who left us. Colleagues at the UN, where he headed the Russian mission, called him one of the most educated people and a diplomat deeply devoted to his country. He was the voice of Russia, which one cannot help but listen to.

He was the first in the world to perform the Cobra aerobatic maneuver on a Su-27. Igor Volk tested almost all types of aircraft. Its crew was supposed to fly on the Buran reusable spacecraft. These pilots were called the “wolf pack.” And I was very worried that the only flight of the Buran was unmanned.

His colleague Georgy Grechko was especially loved for his sense of humor. It would seem that an astronaut, a flight engineer, three very difficult and dangerous flights. But he believed that we are not alone in the Universe. Although he said: rely only on yourself! “Ten percent - you can’t escape fate, and 90 percent, that your fate is in your hands!” - said the great astronaut.

He was the first to prove that “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign” is not a fake, but a real monument to Ancient Rus'. The greatest Russian linguist Andrei Zaliznyak studied birch bark letters and Russian word stress. And listening to his lectures was a great pleasure.

In general, a scientist is never bored, he said Nobel laureate, physicist Alexey Abrikosov. He studied superconductors and assured that ultra-high-speed transport and ultra-fast computers are not science fiction. The main thing is not to distract from work. “I don’t need people, environment, anything... Because I and my science are together all the time!” - said the physicist.

She sang touchingly and brightly. And millions of people loved her songs and sang along with Tamara Miansarova.

Following Alexander Tikhanovich and the Verasa group, “Malinovka” was picked up by the whole country. Together with his wife Yadwiga Poplavskaya, he sang about love and tenderness, about how cozy and fragile our world is.

Singer Lyudmila Ryumina was loved for the power and beauty of her voice. For sincerity and cordiality.

And the legendary Zurab Sotkilava captivated us with the power and magic of his voice until his last days. And he gave his whole soul to the audience.

And how bitter - not only for Russia - but for the whole world the departure of Dmitry Hvorostovsky was. It happened so early and so unfair. Shortly before this, he cried on stage and told the audience how much he loved them and how he did not want to leave the stage. His brilliant life, courage of the last months and soulful voice will also forever remain in our hearts...

The day will come, and a flock of cranes
I will fly in the same gray haze,
Calling from under the sky like a bird
All of you whom I left on Earth...

Leonid Sergeevich Bronevoy. Born on December 17, 1928 in Kyiv - died on December 9, 2017 in Moscow after a serious, long illness. Soviet and Russian theater, film and television actor. People's Artist of the USSR.

Dmitry Alexandrovich Hvorostovsky. Born on October 16, 1962 in Krasnoyarsk - died on November 22, 2017 in London from brain cancer. Soviet and Russian opera singer (baritone), People's Artist of Russia.

Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov. Born on July 21, 1948 in Jurmala (Latvian SSR) - died on November 9, 2017 in Moscow from brain cancer. Soviet and Russian satirist, playwright, humorist, comedian, one of the first stand-up comedians in Russia.

Dmitry Yuryevich Maryanov. Born on December 1, 1969 in Moscow, he died on October 15, 2017 on the way to the hospital in the Moscow region town of Lobnya. Soviet and Russian theater and film actor.

Oleg Borisovich Vidov. Born on June 11, 1943 in the city of Vidnoye, Moscow region - died on May 16, 2017 in Westlake Village (California, USA) from complications after oncology. Soviet, Russian and American actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

Vera Vitalievna Glagoleva. Born on January 31, 1956 in Moscow - died on August 16, 2017 in Baden-Baden (Germany). The cause of death was cancer. Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, film director, screenwriter and producer. Honored Artist of Russia (1995). People's Artist of Russia (2011). On August 19, the farewell and funeral of Vera Glagoleva took place. The actress was buried at the Troekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow.

Alexey Vladimirovich Batalov. Born on November 20, 1928 in Vladimir - died on June 15, 2017 in one of the Moscow hospitals. Soviet Russian theater and film actor, film director, screenwriter, teacher and public figure. People's Artist of the USSR (1976). Hero of Socialist Labor (1989). Laureate of the State Prize of the USSR (1981), State Prize of the RSFSR named after the Vasilyev brothers (1966), State Prize of Russia (2005).

Georgy Georgievich Taratorkin. Born on January 11, 1945 in Leningrad - died on February 4, 2017 in Moscow. The cause of death was a severe long-term illness. Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR. He was buried at Troekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.

Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko. Born July 18, 1932 in Zim, Irkutsk region - died April 1, 2017 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. The cause of death was cancer. Soviet and Russian poet. On April 10, a funeral service for Yevgeny Yevtushenko was held in the Church of the Holy Blessed Prince Igor of Chernigov in Peredelkino. On April 11, the poet was buried in Peredelkino next to Boris Pasternak according to his will.

Vladimir Alekseevich Tolokonnikov. Born on June 25, 1943 in Almaty - died on July 16, 2017 in Moscow. Soviet, Russian and Kazakh theater and film actor, Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR, famous performer of the role of Sharikov in the film “Heart of a Dog”.

Nikolai Lvovich Godovikov. Born on January 1, 1950 in Leningrad - died on November 23, 2017 in St. Petersburg. Soviet and Russian actor, performer of the role of Petrukha in the film “White Sun of the Desert.”

Alexander Grigorievich Tikhanovich. Born on July 13, 1952 in Minsk, he died on January 28, 2017 from a serious illness. Soviet and Russian musician, People's Artist of Belarus, one of the founders and soloist of the popular VIA "Verasy".

Oleg Zhamsarayevich Yakovlev. Born on November 18, 1969 in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) - died on June 29, 2017 in Moscow. The cause of death was pulmonary edema secondary to liver cirrhosis. Russian singer, ex-soloist of the group “Ivanushki International”.

Georgy Mikhailovich Grechko. Born on May 25, 1931 in Leningrad - died on April 8, 2017 in Moscow. The famous Soviet pilot-cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, made three flights into space as a flight engineer on Soyuz spacecraft.

Chris Kaspersky(real name Nikolai Vladimirovich Likhachev). Born on November 2, 1976 in the village of Uspenskoye, Krasnodar Territory - died on February 13, 2017 in Reston (Virginia, USA) after injuries received as a result of an unsuccessful parachute jump. Famous Russian programmer, IT journalist and hacker.

Allan Vladimirovich Chumak. Born on May 26, 1935 in Moscow - died on October 9, 2017 in Moscow. Soviet and Russian psychic, healer, writer, philosopher. He gained fame in the late 1980s for his “water charging” sessions.

These are the brightest stars in Russia. May their names forever remain in our memory and may the stars sing a lullaby to them. Eternal human memory to talented extraordinary personalities.

This material is rather an essay in memory of those who passed away in 2017. Many personalities here undoubtedly deserve not a separate line, but a whole story.

Died in January 2017

On January 1, Anthony Atkinson, the famous British scientist and economist who created the Atkinson Index (one of the indices of social inequality), passed away.

On January 4, the founder of one of the very first vocal and instrumental ensembles of the USSR, “Singing Guitars,” Anatoly Nikolaevich Vasiliev, passed away. At the time of his death he was 81 years old. Obviously, today not everyone understands and knows the musical history of those times, but, for sure, many know such personalities as Yuri Antonov, Irina Ponarovskaya. But they and not only were participants in this ensemble. Vasiliev devoted part of his life to the development of the stage, but for some reason rarely anyone remembers him in the press.

On January 6, Indian actor Om Puri died at the age of 66. We remember him from the film “Disco Dancer”, in which he played the role of David Brown.

On January 12, family, friends and the public said goodbye to William Peter Blatty (89 years old), an American director, writer and screenwriter who created the magnificent bestseller “The Exorcist.”

On January 14, Yuri Vasilievich Solovyov died, two days short of his 84th birthday. He was a talented Russian actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

On January 16, Eugene Cernan (82 years old), the American legendary astronaut, passed away; today he is the last of those who stood on the surface of the Moon itself!

On January 19, the famous actor Miguel Ferrer died. The fatal disease was laryngeal cancer. He starred in such popular films as “Twin Peaks”, “RoboCop”, and also in the TV series “NCIS: Los Angeles”. Although in serious condition, Miguel was still an enthusiast and took an active part in the filming until the very end.

On the same day, the Brazilian singer, lead singer of the group Kaoma, Loalva Braz, passed away. At the time of her death she was 63 years old. The events of this day are striking in their cruelty. The criminals entered the house, hit Braz, mercilessly threatened her with a knife and robbed her. After which, together with Loalva, they left the crime scene. Due to troubles with the engine, the criminals decided to burn the car along with the singer.

On January 25, John Hurt died, a magnificent actor whose idols and loving viewers will always remember and endlessly admire John’s skillful performance, especially the role of Ollivander. And fans of the film “Doctor Who” will forever remember the military doctor.

On January 27, Emmanuelle Riva, one of the oldest contenders for an Oscar, passed away (for the film “Love”, 2013).

On January 28, the Belarusian and Soviet pop singer Alexander Tikhanovich (64 years old), a former member of the Verasy ensemble, died.

January 31 - relatives and idols said goodbye to musician John Wetton, who played in such popular bands as Uriah Heep, Roxy Music, Asia, Wishbone Ash, UK.

Died in February 2017

On February 2, 93-year-old Max Luscher, a Swiss scientist and psychologist who developed the Luscher color test, died.

On February 4, Taratorkin Georgy Georgievich, a Russian and Soviet actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR, died.

On February 5, 70-year-old Swedish actor Björn Göst Tryggve Granath passed away. The series “The Bridge”, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” - it was in these films that we remember Garnet most of all.

Peter Mansfield, owner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, which he received in 2003 for the invention of MRI, died on February 8. Undoubtedly, he is a genius in his field, thanks to whom millions of lives have been saved.

February 12 - another talent left the world - Al Gerro (he was 76 years old), a popular singer and jazz musician in America in his time.

On February 13, the eldest son of the leader of the DPRK (Kim Jong Il), Kim Jong Nam, was killed. The tragedy occurred in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, causing a huge scandal in the world of politics.

February 19 – cancer patient Aleksey Valentinovich Ostashev, a 55-year-old Russian double bassist and bass guitarist who performed on stage with many popular artists, including the famous group “The Untouchables,” died.

February 20 – Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin – Russian and Soviet diplomat, representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, and since 2006 – to the UN Security Council.

February 22 – the incredibly talented actor of Russian and Soviet cinema, People’s Artist of the RSFSR, Alexey Vasilievich Petrenko, passed away.

February 25 – Neil Fingleton, a wonderful English basketball player and actor, died of a heart attack at the age of 36.

On February 27, Russian journalist, producer, creator of the “Wait for Me” program Sergei Anatolyevich Kushnerev passed away

Died in March 2017

March 10 – Robert James Waller (77 years old) – American writer, known to the public for his novel “The Bridges of Madison County.”

On March 13, Richard Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (82 years old), a Danish prince, a relative of Queen Benedicta (her sister’s husband), died.

On March 20, David Rockefeller (101 years old), the head of the Rockefeller house, a famous billionaire, politician and banker, died.

On March 21, Colin Dexter (86 years old), an English writer known as the author of detective stories about Inspector Morse, passed away.

On March 22, Lembit Yuhanovich Ulfsak (69 years old) died - an Estonian and Soviet actor, our favorite Mr. Hey, Paganel, Till Eulenspiegel.

Died in April 2017

On April 1, at the age of 84, the Russian and Soviet poet, screenwriter, and director Yevgeny Yevtushenko died. The cause of death was stage 4 cancer. The body of the legendary poet rests in Peredelkino near Pasternak’s grave.

April 2 – Oleh Sergey Georgievich (51 years old) – Ukrainian artist – showman, actor, participant in two projects: “Mask Show” and “Gentleman Show”. He worked until his last days without talking about the fact that he had cancer.

On April 8, Georgy Mikhailovich Grechko (85 years old), cosmonaut, Hero of the USSR, Czechoslovakia, died of heart failure.

Eddie Murphy's brother, Charles Murphy, died on April 12 at the age of 57. He was a great American actor and screenwriter, but he could not overcome leukemia (pictured on the right).

Died in May 2017

On May 7, Vladimir Bogin, People's Artist of the Maly Theater and film actor, died at the age of 71. Among the audience’s favorite films with his participation are “Fathers and Sons”, “Walking through Torment” and others.

On May 12, Yuri Borisovich Sherstnev (77 years old), an inimitable theater, film and television actor, died.

On May 14, People's Artist of the RSFSR, popular Soviet actress, Irina Pavlovna Kartasheva, passed away. She was 95 years old at the time of her death.

On the same day, Powers Boothe, a famous American actor and Emmy Award winner, died.

On May 16, after a serious illness, Oleg Borisovich Vidov died at the age of 73. The Soviet actor, director, producer will forever remain in the memory of loved ones, relatives and fans.

Scene from the film “Gentlemen of Fortune”. Vidov as Lieutenant Slavin

On May 18, it became known about the sudden death of the greatest rock musician, composer and guitarist Chris Cornell, who was only 52 years old.

On May 22, at the age of 78, Pereturin Vladimir Ivanovich, a famous sports commentator and former footballer (defender), passed away. There was only one day left until his 79th birthday.

On the same day, Dina Merrill, a famous Hollywood actress and socialite, died at the age of 94.

On May 23, the world was shocked by the news of the death of the inimitable Roger Moore. The cult British actor, producer and screenwriter, everyone’s favorite James Bond “agent 007” left the world at the age of 90.

Died in June 2017

On June 13, the star of the show “Battle of Psychics” Ilona Novoselova (29 years old) died. According to known data, the girl fell from the sixth floor after a quarrel with her boyfriend. Novoselova was one of the most scandalous and unpredictable participants in the seventh season of the show. According to the voting results, Ilona took second place, and Alexey Pokhabov won the show.

On June 15, Alexey Batalov (88 years old), a famous actor of Soviet cinema, a favorite hero of the films “My Dear Man,” “The Rumyantsev Case,” “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears,” etc., died. The artist was unable to recover after the operation, the cause of which was a broken neck hips.

On June 16, politician Helmut Kohl passed away. The outstanding German Chancellor played a significant role in improving relations between Germany and Russia, as well as in the unification of Europe.

On June 29, the former lead singer of the famous Russian pop group “Ivanushki International” Oleg Yakovlev passed away. He was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia. The musician’s heart could not withstand the complications. At the time of his death he was only 47 years old.

Died in July 2017

On July 4, the writer Daniil Granin died, 2 years short of reaching 100 years old. He was a participant in the Great Patriotic War, a laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation and the USSR, and a Hero of Socialist Labor. Granin’s novels became famous throughout the USSR - “The Searchers”, “After the Wedding”, “I’m Going into the Storm”.

On July 9, at the age of 87, artist Ilya Glazunov passed away. From 1987 until the last day of his life, he was the rector of the Russian Academy of Painting; he has many paintings in the genre of historical painting to his credit.

Chester Bennington, lead singer of the musical group Linkin Park, died on July 20 at the age of 42. According to his relatives, Bennington was addicted to drugs and alcohol, and eventually decided to commit suicide.

On July 30, a young musician, producer and composer of the rap group LSP Roma Englishman (29 years old), passed away. Nothing is known yet about the cause of death.

On July 31, Jeanne Moreau (89 years old), a famous French actress of the 60s, who played in 142 films - “Lovers”, “Elevator to the Scaffold”, “Diary of a Maid”, “Jules and Jim”, “Night”, etc., died.

Died in August 2017

On August 16, Russia was shocked by the news of the death of the famous actress of Russian and Soviet cinema, Vera Glagoleva. The artist was never able to overcome cancer and died at the age of 61. She became famous for her roles in the films “Don’t Shoot White Swans”, “Marry the Captain”, “Sincerely Yours”, “Torpedo Bombers” and many others. In addition, Glagoleva has recently been actively involved in directing.

On August 23, Dallas McCarver, a young 26-year-old American bodybuilder and contender for the Mr. Olympia title, died. According to local media, McCarver's breathing was blocked by a foreign object; more detailed facts are still unknown.

On August 25, world-famous American bodybuilder Rich Piana died at the age of 45. Except sports career, Rich was involved in video blogging and entrepreneurship. The death of the bodybuilder became known from the lips of his friend Bradley Martin, who published the tragic news on his Instagram.

On August 14, Piana was found unconscious in her home, last days he spent his life in a coma. According to media reports, Rich took a large dose of a special drug (polymethyl methacrylate), the so-called “plexiglass”.

On August 30, the United States said goodbye to the legendary Louise Hay, the great psychologist and speaker, one of the founders of the popular self-help movement, which became known thanks to Louise’s website. Hay died at the age of 91.

Died in September 2017

Singer Katya Gordon wrote about this on her Instagram. Stella had lymphoblastic leukemia. In recent days she was in terrible pain and could not walk. The actress's five-year-old son is now left without a mother.

On September 14, Rada Zmikhnovskaya, a former member of the Russian pop group Band’Eros, passed away. The official cause of death was hemorrhagic stroke.

On September 23, actor Nikolai Godovikov (67 years old), beloved by millions of Soviet citizens, died, who played the famous role of Petrukha in the film “White Sun of the Desert.” The cause of death was cancer.

On September 26, it became known about the death of 37-year-old Natalya Yunnikova, star of the series “The Return of Mukhtar.” According to her ex-husband Anton Fedotov, Natalia suffered a stroke (extensive cerebral hemorrhage). On September 22, she lost consciousness. Doctors put the actress into an artificial coma. Yunnikova died without regaining consciousness.

On the same day, the legendary USSR figure skater Lyudmila Belousova died.

The four-time world and European champion, who performed in tandem with Oleg Protopopov, died in Switzerland at the age of 81 after a long illness. Lyudmila Evgenievna's body was cremated.

On September 27, the young actor Egor Klinaev (18 years old), known from the TV series “Fizruk,” died in an accident in Moscow. By a terrible coincidence, Klinaev stopped to help the drivers in the accident, and at that time he found himself under the wheels of another car, which apparently did not notice the accident.

On September 30, at the age of 73, Andrei Menshikov, a Soviet and Russian poet, screenwriter, playwright, one of the first founders of KVN, passed away. In addition, Andrei Viktorovich is the author of hundreds of poems and songs, he worked for a long time on Russian and Soviet television and was the creator of the most popular programs “Come on, girls!”, “Good night, kids”, “Jolly guys”, etc.

Died in October 2017

On October 9, at the age of 82, the outstanding healer, philosopher and writer Allan Chumak died. This was reported by his close friend Dmitry Gordon. Allan in the 80-90s. was one of the most famous healers in Russia. His television sessions attracted a million viewers in front of the screens.

On October 15, Russian actor Dmitry Maryanov passed away. He died in the town of Lobnya near Moscow on the way to the hospital. According to information from the REN TV channel, as a result of a medical examination, it became known that the artist’s heart stopped due to acute blood loss. The cause of the tragedy was a combination of incompatible medications.

Died in November 2017

On November 10, Russia was shocked by the news of the death of the famous and beloved humorist and satirist Mikhail Zadornov. Before reaching the age of 70, he died from a progressive brain tumor, which was diagnosed a year ago. In November 2016, Mikhail Nikolaevich was operated on in Germany, but the operation did not bring the desired result, nor did further chemotherapy. A few days before his death, Zadornov converted to the Orthodox faith, although before that he was a supporter of paganism.

On November 11, popular TV presenter and journalist Boris Notkin passed away. He was psychologically unable to withstand, in fact, the sentence (stage four cancer) and committed suicide.

On November 15, Gustav Ahr, an American rapper known as Lil Peep, died. According to known data, the 21-year-old musician died from a drug overdose. Gustav's body was found on a bus during a tour. On this day, a concert was supposed to take place in the city of Tucson (Arizona). Shocked friends immediately took the guy to the hospital, but they could not save the musician.

On November 22, opera singer and People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Hvorostovsky died in London. In June 2015, Dmitry was diagnosed with a brain tumor. As soon as the artist found out about the illness, he immediately canceled all performances and underwent chemotherapy courses. After treatment, the artist returned to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York on August 25, 2015. In December 2016, the disease began to progress. Dmitry died at the age of 56. Most recently (October 16, 2017) he turned 55 years old.

Died in December 2017

He played dozens of roles in the films “Formula of Love”, “Pokrovsky Gate”, “That Same Munchausen”, but the artist’s real popularity came after the role of Heinrich Muller in the film “Seventeen Moments of Spring”.

On December 10, Charles Green, the most popular Internet personality in the United States, died, who ran his YouTube channels “TheAngryGrandpaShow”, “Grandpa’s Corner” under the pseudonym Angry Grandfather (AGP). Poor Charles was seriously ill and died due to complications caused by cirrhosis of the liver.

On December 18, a young South Korean musician, vocalist of the group SHINee, Kim Jonghyun (27 years old), passed away. Unfortunately, the guy could not cope with deep depression and took his own life.

Dear readers, we will be glad to receive your feedback and kind words about the personalities you know from this list.

Incredible facts

Every year, people leave our world who for many years gave joy to entire generations and were role models.

These people contributed to the development of culture and science, and a huge number of eyes watched them, they were loved and admired.

These people, of course, are worthy not of a few words, but of a whole story, and this material is rather a small commemorative essay about those who left this world in 2017.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky

The world-famous opera singer (baritone) and People's Artist of Russia was born in Krasnoyarsk on October 16, 1962. Dmitry died of brain cancer on November 22, 2017 in London, surrounded by family and loved ones.

Mikhail Zadornov

Soviet and Russian humorist, comedian, satirist was born in Jurmala on July 21, 1948. One of the first stand-up comedians in Russia died in Moscow on November 9, 2017 from brain cancer. A few days before his death, Mikhail converted to Orthodoxy, having previously been an atheist all his life.

Leonid Bronevoy

People's Artist of the USSR, Russian film and theater actor was born in Kyiv on December 17, 1928. After a long and serious illness, the actor passed away on December 9. Leonid Sergeevich died in Moscow.

Who died in 2017

Vera Glagoleva

Russian theater and film actress, screenwriter, film director and producer was born in Moscow on January 31, 1956. The Honored and People's Artist of Russia died on August 16, 2017 in Baden-Baden, Germany, from cancer. The farewell to the actress took place in Moscow, where she was buried.

Alexey Batalov

Everyone’s favorite Gosha from “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears” was born in the city of Vladimir on November 20, 1928. The Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, teacher, screenwriter, film director and public figure died in a Moscow hospital on June 15, 2017.

Alexey Petrenko

People's Artist of the RSFSR was born in the village of Chemer, Chernigov region on March 26, 1938. The Soviet and Russian theater and film actor died in a Moscow clinic on February 22, 2017.

Evgeniy Yevtushenko

The world-famous Soviet and Russian poet was born in the city of Zima, Irkutsk region, on July 18, 1932. The cause of death was cancer. A serious event occurred on April 1, 2017 in the USA. According to his will, Evgeniy Alexandrovich was buried in Peredelkino near the grave of Boris Pasternak.

Actor died 2017

Dmitry Maryanov

Soviet and Russian theater and film actor was born in Moscow on December 1, 1969. The actor died on the way to the hospital from the town of Lobny near Moscow on October 15, 2017.

Georgy Taratorkin

People's Artist of the RSFSR, Soviet theater and film actor was born in Leningrad on January 11, 1945. After a serious and long illness, Georgy Georgievich died on February 4, 2017 in Moscow.

Oleg Yakovlev

Russian singer, former lead singer of "Ivanushki", was born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on November 18, 1969. Due to liver cirrhosis, the artist developed pulmonary edema. The singer died on June 29, 2017 in Moscow.

Chris Kaspersky (real name - Nikolay Likhachev)

The famous Russian programmer and hacker was born in the village of Uspenskoye, Krasnodar Territory, on November 2, 1976. An IT journalist died in the United States on February 13, 2017. The cause of death was injuries received after an unsuccessful parachute jump.

Alan Chumak

The psychic, known throughout the country, was born in Moscow on May 26, 1935. He became famous in the late 1980s by charging water through television screens. The healer died on October 9, 2017 in Moscow.

Who died in 2017

Ilona Novoselova

The Russian clairvoyant was born in the Moscow region on November 2, 1987. The psychic and medium, as well as a participant in the show “Battle of Psychics,” died in Moscow on June 13, 2017.

Rada Zmikhnovskaya

The former member of the famous Russian musical group BandEros died on September 14, 2017. The official cause of death was listed as hemorrhagic stroke.

Lyudmila Belousova

The four-time European and world champion, who performed in tandem with Oleg Protopopov, passed away on September 26, 2017 after a long illness. The legendary Soviet figure skater died in Switzerland at the age of 81, her body was cremated.

Johnny Hallyday

The world-famous French musician, rock singer and actor was born in Paris on June 15, 1943. Johnny died of lung cancer on December 6, 2017.

Hugh Hefner

The American media mogul was born in Chicago on April 9, 1926. The founder of the world famous men's magazine Playboy died in Los Angeles on September 27, 2017.

Chris Cornell

American composer, vocalist and guitarist was born in Seattle on July 20, 1964. On May 17, 2017, a few hours after a performance in Detroit, he died; it was later determined that Chris committed suicide.

Chester Bennington

American rock musician, lead singer of the band Linkin Park, was born in Phoenix. He took his own life on the birthday of his good friend Chris Cornell. Chester was 41 years old.

John Heard Jr.

The American actor, who became famous for his role in the Home Alone film series, was born in the USA on March 7, 1945. John died on July 21, 2017.

David Rockefeller

The leader of the Rockefeller clan, politician, world-famous billionaire and banker died on March 20, 2017 at the age of 101.

Roger Moore

The cult British actor, screenwriter and producer, the inimitable James Bond, left this world on May 23, 2017, at the age of 90.

Last year, many outstanding people passed away, whose names will remain in Russian and world history - famous inventors and actors, politicians and musicians, scientists and writers, directors and athletes. suggests recalling some of them.

December 31, 2016. Dimitry Romanov, great-great-grandson Russian Emperor Nicholas I, 90 years old

Dimitri Romanovich Romanov was the eldest in the Romanov family and bore the title of prince of the imperial blood, although his leadership was not recognized by all the scions of the royal family. A direct descendant of Nicholas I died in a Danish hospital on the night of January 1, 2017. The world learned about this from his wife, Princess Feodora Alekseevna, already in the new year. Dimitri Romanovich was the last of the men of the “Nikolaevich” Romanov branch; he left no heirs. Dimitri was born in 1926 in France, where his parents, Prince Roman Petrovich and Countess Praskovya Sheremeteva settled after emigrating. The prince came to Russia many times, in 1998 he participated in the transportation of the remains of the family of his second cousin to St. Petersburg. He devoted the last years of his life to the work of the Romanov Foundation for Russia, which helps Russian hospitals and orphanages. In October 2016, the Russian President awarded Dimitry Romanov with the Order.

1st of January. Anthony Atkinson, British economist, 72 years old

Sir Anthony Barnes Atkinson was one of the main critics of classical economic liberalism. Atkinson's works were devoted to the problems of poverty, inequality and social stratification. The scientist will go down in history as the author of the “Atkinson Index” - one of the indices of social inequality, which is used, for example, by the US Census Service. He regularly advocated government intervention in the economy to combat inequality among citizens and supported a wealth tax. One of the supporters of universal income (not to be confused with unconditional income) - payments to all citizens who are involved in socially useful work.

January 10. Alexey Yablokov, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, founder of Greenpeace USSR, politician, 84 years old

Doctor of Biological Sciences Alexey Yablokov was born in Moscow in 1933 into a family of Soviet scientists, graduated in 1956 and almost three decades later became a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences. He studied the biology of marine mammals, problems of evolution, and identified new directions in classical morphology (the science of the structure of the body). For many years he developed the environmental movement. He headed the Green Russia faction and was an adviser to the President of Russia and the Mayor of Moscow on environmental issues. In 1988 he founded Greenpeace USSR and headed the organization until 1991.

January 12. Oliver Smithies, geneticist, Nobel Prize winner in medicine, 91

English-born geneticist Oliver Smithies received the Nobel Prize in 2007 for his discovery of the principles of introducing specific genetic modifications into mice using embryonic stem cells. The scientist developed a technique for turning off certain genes in the cells of the embryo, which made it possible to obtain cell lines with given physiological characteristics. In 2016, he signed a letter calling for an end to the fight against genetically modified organisms.

January 17. Walter Lange, watchmaker, 92 years old

The head of the German watch manufacturer A. Lange & Söhne and the great-grandson of its founder revived the company in 1990 (after World War II, the company was nationalized by the authorities of the GDR). For his work, he was awarded several awards, including the Order of Merit of Saxony (in 1998) and the German government award (in 2015). The A. Lange & Sӧhne manufactory was founded by Ferdinand Adolf Lange in 1845 in Dresden. Currently, it produces several thousand gold or platinum wristwatches per year, equipped with movements exclusively of its own production.

January 19. Miguel Ferrer, actor, 62 years old

Miguel Ferrer is best known to Russian viewers for his role as agent Albert Rosenfeld in the cult TV series Twin Peaks directed by. He also played in projects such as C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS: Los Angeles, Lie to Me, Medium and Tales from the Crypt. Ferrer is the actor's cousin. Died of cancer.

January 23. Jaki Liebzeit, co-founder of the Can group, 78 years old

January 31st. John Wetton, musician, 67

British vocalist and multi-instrumentalist John Wetton has participated in such legendary bands as King Crimson, Roxy Music, UK, Uriah Heep and Asia. Together with King Crimson he recorded the albums Larks" Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black and Red, and released the album VIVA with Roxy Music. In addition, he pursued a solo career.

February 4. , theater and film actor, 72 years old

People's Artist of Russia Georgy Taratorkin died on the opening day of the Golden Mask festival, which he headed. The actor served for more than 40 years and played more than 30 film roles, including playing in the film adaptation of Crime and Punishment.

February 6. David Axelrod, musician, 83

American composer David Axelrod was one of the first to mix elements of jazz, rock and r"n"b. He is called the man who determined the development of hip-hop. Samples of Axelrod's compositions were used, in particular, by rapper Lil Wayne, the Wu-Tang Clan and trip-hop musician DJ Shadow.

February 9th. Viktor Chanov, football goalkeeper, 57 years old

Football goalkeeper Viktor Chanov is a three-time champion of the USSR, a five-time winner of the national Cup, a champion of Israel, and a winner of the 1986 Cup Winners' Cup. When he was a player, Chanov defended the colors of Dynamo Kiev and CSKA-Borysfen, Shakhtar Donetsk, Israeli Maccabi and Bnei Yehuda. From 1982 to 1990, the goalkeeper played for the USSR national team. As a member of the Soviet team, he became the silver medalist of the 1988 European Championship.

February 17. Jannis Kounellis, artist and sculptor, 80 years old

The Italian Kounellis is one of the creators and main representatives of arte povera (“poor art”), an artistic movement that arose in Italy in the second half of the 1960s. In his works he used coal, tree debris, earth, stones, bed frames, ropes and clothes hangers. The main characters in his installations were often birds. He has repeatedly exhibited his works in Russia.

February 19. Igor Shafarevich, academician, mathematician and ideologist of Russian nationalism, 93 years old

Shafarevich was a gifted mathematician, at the age of 23 he defended his doctoral dissertation in 1946, at the age of 35 he became a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and in 1991 he was elected academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Having reached heights in science, in the late 1960s he joined the dissident movement, fought for the rights of political prisoners and was a member of the Human Rights Committee in the USSR. Since 1974, he has published his historical and philosophical works, in which nationalist ideas were clearly visible. The scientist raised the topic of Russophobia and the ritual murder of the royal family, hinted at the need to create a Jewish state, and for Jews to go there. He was criticized for his anti-Semitic ideas by many Soviet dissidents, for example, but in the late 1980s his views became popular among nationalists. Throughout the remaining years, Shafarevich combined scientific and journalistic activities.

February 20th. , Russian diplomat, permanent representative of Russia to the UN and the UN Security Council, 64 years old

Vitaly Churkin died in New York after serving 11 years as Russia's permanent representative to the UN. On the morning of February 20, he felt ill with his heart and was taken to one of the local hospitals in serious condition. Doctors, however, were unable to save the diplomat's life. His colleagues and opponents in the world organization spoke about the scale of Churkin’s personality and professionalism. A former US representative to an international organization wrote: “Vitaly was the most influential part of the UN. Smart, hard-working, highly efficient and with a great sense of humor. He was a worthy opponent, but always remained a friend. My sincere condolences to his wife Irina, his family and the Russian mission to the UN." Her American colleague, who interacted with Churkin for four years, called him a maestro of diplomacy and a very caring person who did everything possible to eliminate contradictions between Moscow and Washington. Former US Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith, in an interview with RT, spoke of Churkin as a diplomatic superstar. “He had a distinguished career as Russia's representative to the UN. It is not easy. But he defended Russia's interests very well in the Security Council. He was always very self-possessed and smart. I appreciate the advice he gave me. His death is a loss." Vitaly Churkin was one of those who does not mince words. After him there were many bright quotes. So, at one time, responding to Samantha Power’s reproach that Russia was bombing the Syrian city of Aleppo, he replied: “You will remember what country you represent! Remember your country's track record! And then start reasoning from the standpoint of moral or some other superiority. And who is guilty of what, I think history and the Lord God will figure it out.”

February 21, Kenneth Arrow, American economist, Nobel laureate, 95 years old

A doctor of economics, he wrote his first scientific work as a member of the US Air Force weather service. The work was called “On the Optimal Use of Winds for Flight Planning” and was based on the experience of military service. The professor at Chicago, Stanford and Harvard universities will go down in history as the author of “Arrow’s theorem,” in which the scientist proved the impossibility of democracy based on collective choice, starting from the classical Condorcet paradox. In 1972, Arrow received the Nobel Prize "for his pioneering contributions to the theory of general economic equilibrium and welfare theory" (along with ), becoming the youngest laureate in economics. Arrow's authority as an economist was undeniable - in 2012 he became an honorary professor (HSE), and in 2016 he received the status of a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN).

February 22. , actor, 78 years old

February 26. Ludwig Faddeev, theoretical physicist and mathematician, one of the founders of modern mathematical physics, 82 years old

Faddeev's work in theoretical and mathematical physics is widely known abroad; the Soviet scientist has received almost all international awards in his field. Perhaps his main result, obtained in 1967 in collaboration with Viktor Popov (who passed away in 1994), is devoted to the introduction of the so-called Faddeev-Popov ghosts - fictitious fields that made it possible to avoid divergences in a physically important class of quantum field theories (theories of strong interactions). In fact, the work of Faddeev and Popov made it possible to complete the proof of the renormalizability (method of eliminating divergences) of quantum field theory - a mathematical concept of modern physics elementary particles. Faddeev’s publications are referenced in all textbooks on quantum field theory. It is believed that the scientist should have received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1999, together with Martinus Veltman and Gerard t'Hooft, who repeatedly recognized the significance of the work of the Soviet scientist.

28th of February. Vladimir Petrov, two-time Olympic champion in hockey, 69 years old

Vladimir Petrov is a Soviet hockey player who played as a center forward. Twice as a member of the USSR national team he won the Olympic Games - in 1972 in Sapporo and in 1976 in Innsbruck - and became world champion nine times. For most of his career, the athlete played for CSKA Moscow in the same team with and. As part of the army club, the forward won the USSR championship 11 times.

18th of March. , musician, 90 years old

Six months before his death, Chuck Berry announced the release of his first album in 38 years. The record, entitled CHUCK, went on sale three months after the musician’s death. An entire musical era passed away with him. Berry is one of the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is ranked number five on the Top 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

18th of March. Sergey Gimaev, hockey player and commentator, 62 years old

When he was a player, Sergei Gimaev played for SKA Kuibyshev, CSKA Moscow and SKA St. Petersburg. With the capital's army team, Gimaev won the USSR championship and cup, as well as the European Champions Cup. After finishing his sports career, he worked as a commentator on the Rossiya 2 and Match TV channels. Gimaev felt unwell; during the veterans’ hockey match in which he participated, the doctors were unable to save him.

March 20, banker, oligarch, philanthropist, 101 years old

The grandson of an oil tycoon and the first dollar billionaire in history, whom the media loved to demonize for allegedly ruling the world through a “shadow government” - the Bilderberg Club. Critics claimed that David had a heart transplanted seven times, and he himself almost starts his morning with a glass of fresh blood from Christian babies, which, of course, was not confirmed by any real facts. In fairness, it must be admitted that Rockefeller, as a consistent supporter of the ideas of globalism, did indeed advocate the creation of a “world government” as a logical outcome of the globalization process, but this idea has not been implemented to this day. His fortune and surname allowed Rockefeller to meet with the leaders of many countries and try to influence the policies of entire states. At the same time, the banker supported high taxes, which, in his opinion, should be redistributed to fight poverty and inequality.

March 29. , theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize winner in physics, 88 years old

In 2003, Alexey Abrikosov, together with Anthony Leggett, received the Nobel Prize for “fundamental work on the theory of superconductors and superfluids.” Abrikosov was a prominent representative Soviet school of theoretical physics, his scientific supervisor is one of the largest theoretical physicists of the 20th century. His extraordinary abilities allowed the scientist to predict the existence of type II superconductors. The work, published in 1957, became one of the most cited in the world scientific literature. Since 1991, the scientist worked in the USA.

April 1st. , poet, 84 years old

The legendary poet of the sixties, an integral part of whose biography was the fact that he could gather a stadium of fans, died in the United States, where he lived since 1991. According to his will, he was buried in Peredelkino, near Moscow. Yevtushenko wrote not only poetry, but also prose, journalism, memoirs, scripts, made films and acted in films. Poetry evenings at the Polytechnic Museum, in which he took part in the 1960s, became one of the symbols of the Thaw era.

April 6. Alexander Garros, writer, 41 years old

Writer, screenwriter, journalist Alexander Garros co-wrote the novels “[Headbreaker], “The Truck Factor,” “Juche” and “Grey Slime.” He won the National Bestseller Award for his book “[Disinfection].” Despite his early death (Alexandre Garros was battling cancer), he managed to demonstrate his talent so clearly that this death can be considered one of the most untimely, tragic and offensive in 2017.

April 8, Georgy Grechko, cosmonaut, 85 years old

Grechko made three flights into space. As a flight engineer of the manned Soyuz T-14 spacecraft in September 1985, together with four other cosmonauts, he took part in the rescue of the Salyut-7 near-Earth orbital station. For the flight, which was the last for 54-year-old Grechko, the cosmonaut received the Order of Lenin - the highest state award THE USSR.

May 8, Allan Meltzer, American economist, 89 years old

The Carnegie Mellon University professor will be remembered as a researcher of US monetary policy (FRS). In his works, Meltzer criticized the American regulator, namely the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the US Federal Reserve, which is responsible for economic growth, price stability, and also manages Fed securities. As an alternative to the FCOR, Melzer, together with Professor Karl Brunner, organized a spoiler organization in 1973 - the Shadow Committee on Open Market Operations. The organization criticized the policies of the Fed and the Federal Reserve, which sought to artificially maintain inflation against the backdrop of a recession. Meltzer called on the authorities to recognize the inevitability of inflation as an economic factor. The scientist is credited with the famous aphorism about the market economy: “Capitalism without bankruptcies and defeats is like a religion without sin. It doesn't work like that." Meltzer called on the authorities to stop bailing out major market players so that shareholders would be held accountable for their management decisions.

12 May. Mauno Koivisto, former President of Finland, 93 years old

Born in the city of Turku in the family of a shipyard carpenter. During the Soviet-Finnish “winter war” (1939-1940) he worked in the fire department; during the war of 1941-1944 he served in the army and received the rank of corporal. He began his career in the late 1950s, after graduating from the University of Turku. Koivisto held positions in commercial banks, after which he moved to the government - he was the Minister of Finance and the head of the country's government. From 1982 to 1994 - President of Finland. The basis of his foreign policy was “good relations with neighbors” under the motto “No need to betray promises. It’s better to betray expectations than promises.” In relations with the USSR, he took a cautious position, avoiding any conflict situations with Moscow, and sought to establish close relations with the Soviet leadership. After the collapse of the USSR in 1991, he spoke out in favor of Finland joining.

May 18. Chris Cornell, musician, 52 years old

Grunge band Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell took his own life in a hotel room in Michigan. Police officers, called by a friend of the musician, found his body on the bathroom floor. According to the musician's manager Brian Bambury, no one around Cornell expected anything like this from him. Soundgarden is known as one of the "Big Four" of Seattle grunge, along with Nirvana, Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam. Soundgarden disbanded in 1997, but in 2010 the musicians announced their return. The team has released seven studio albums. King Animal's last album was released in 2012.

22nd of May. Vladimir Pereturin, commentator, 78 years old

Vladimir Pereturin is one of the most famous football commentators in the USSR. The journalist commented on the largest competitions in football and other sports on central Soviet and Russian television, and worked at the Olympic Games. Since 1980, he began hosting the TV show “Football Review”; more than 900 episodes of the program were published. For the last five years of his life, the famous commentator was bedridden.

May, 23rd. , actor, 90 years old

British artist Roger Moore gained fame thanks to his role. He played Agent 007 in seven Bond films - Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy and A View of the World. murder". After leaving the franchise, Moore became a goodwill ambassador. He was knighted in 2003 for his charitable work. Died of cancer.

May 24. Alexander Burdonsky, grandson of Joseph Stalin, theater director, 76 years old

Burdonsky claimed that he saw Joseph Vissarionovich up close only in the coffin. He was born in the fall of 1941 in the family of the youngest son of leader Vasily Stalin and Galina Burdonskaya. He took his mother’s surname at a conscious age so that he could quietly pursue art. He graduated alternately from Suvorov and theater schools, and then from GITIS, where he later taught. He studied at the directing department of the institute and at the same time took an acting course at the studio at Sovremennik. Burdonsky is the author of more than 20 productions at the Soviet Army Theater. He taught at GITIS for ten years. In 1996 he received the title of People's Artist of Russia. He was married to a classmate. They had no children.

26 of May. Zbigniew Brzezinski, American political scientist, national security adviser to US President Jimmy Carter, 89 years old

Zbigniew Brzezinski was born in 1928 into a family of Polish diplomats and received US citizenship in the 1950s, where he pursued an academic career. He was the first to propose explaining everything that happens in socialist countries from the perspective of the concept of totalitarianism. He was an active supporter of a secret program to involve the USSR in a costly and, if possible, distracting military conflict, about which, after the outbreak of the Afghan War, he wrote to President Carter: “Now we have a chance to give the Soviet Union its Vietnam War.” Brzezinski considered the United States a world hegemon, denied the possibility of other states acquiring a similar role until 2018-2033, and treated the USSR as a defeated enemy, along with Germany and Japan after their defeat in World War II: “Like so many empires that existed before, the Soviet The Union eventually exploded from within and split into pieces, falling victim not so much to direct military defeat as to a process of disintegration accelerated by economic and social problems" During his presidency, Brzezinski authored the concept of expansion to the East.

May 29. Manuel Noriega, Panamanian military and statesman, 83 years old

Noriega was the de facto leader of Panama from 1983 to 1989. He did not officially hold any government positions, but was called the Supreme Leader of the National Liberation of Panama. He was a US ally in Latin America and had actively collaborated with the CIA since the late 1950s, but in 1988 American authorities accused him of drug trafficking. Noriega was overthrown in December 1989 as a result of an American military operation. The general was arrested and taken to the United States. In July 1992, he was sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug trafficking and extortion. Later, the term was reduced to 30 years: the American court took into account the general’s long-term cooperation with the CIA. In April 2010, the former dictator was extradited to France, where he was also found guilty of money laundering through French banks and drug smuggling. In December 2011, Noriega was extradited to his homeland, also to prison: back in 1995, a Panamanian court found him guilty of murdering political opponents and sentenced him to 20 years. At home he served his sentence in various correctional institutions. Died of a brain tumor. After one of the operations performed in March of this year, Noriega fell into a coma and never regained consciousness.

June 1st. Maria Mokhova, ex-director of the “Sisters” center for victims of violence, 53 years old

The “Sisters” center for survivors of sexual violence was created in 1994, becoming one of the first such organizations in the territory of the former USSR. At the same time, a helpline began operating there. A year later, the Center was headed by Maria Mokhova, who graduated from the Faculty of Psychology of MPSU in 1986. “All her life she helped women and children who survived violence, all her life she fought for their right to protection and justice. Thanks to Maria, hundreds of activists have appeared in Russia who will continue her work,” wrote her friend Mitya Aleshkovsky. Other human rights activists noted that it was thanks to Mokhova that the topic of sexual violence was raised in society. For the last year of her life, she struggled with cancer, and two days before her death, she lost her husband. Since 2015, after the law on NGOs, the Sisters center exists on private donations.

2 June. Viktor Tsarev, European football champion, 85 years old

Viktor Tsarev spent his entire professional career with Dynamo Moscow. Over the course of 11 years, the footballer became the champion of the USSR four times (1955, 1957, 1959, 1963), taking part in 298 team matches and scoring 12 goals. He played 12 matches as a member of the USSR national team, winning the 1960 European Championship. After finishing his football career, he remained at Dynamo as a coach.

June 13. Ulf Stark, writer, 72 years old

Books by the Swedish writer Ulf Stark “Let the Polar Bears Dance”, “Can You Whistle, Johanna?”, “My Little Sister is an Angel”, “A Star Called Ajax”, “The Black Violin”, “Little Asmodeus”, “My Friend Percy” , Buffalo Bill and Me, Freaks and Geeks is an example of ideal reading for children. Smart, subtle, deep texts will not make the child bored and will provide material for thought as the reader grows up.

June 14. Kirill Vorobyov (Bayan Shiryanov), writer, 52 years old

Bayan Shiryanov gained wide popularity in the late 1990s thanks to the series of novels “Aerobatics”, dedicated to the difficult life of Moscow drug addicts. The novels actively used obscene language, and also contained episodes that could be considered obscene and qualified as drug propaganda, which was the reason for their ban and withdrawal from sale. At the instigation of the “Walking Together” movement, a case was initiated against the author under Article 242 of the Criminal Code of Russia. However, in August 2005, the Basmanny Court of Moscow issued an acquittal. Kirill Vorobyov also wrote the novels “The Monastery”, “The Grave of the Madman”, “Entertaining Sexopathology”, “Duel”, “Sexton” and “Werewolf”. Died from cirrhosis of the liver.

June 15. , actor, 88 years old

People's Artist of the USSR Alexei Batalov spent almost five months in the hospital before his death due to a broken femoral neck. Batalov starred in such films as “The Cranes Are Flying,” “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears,” “Nine Days of One Year,” “A Purely English Murder,” “Star of Captivating Happiness,” “The Living Corpse” and “The Lady with the Dog.” He also directed the films “The Overcoat,” “Three Fat Men” and “The Player.”

June 16. Helmut Kohl, former Federal Chancellor of Germany, 87 years old

He served as Chairman of the German Government from 1982 to 1998. One of his main achievements in this post was the unification of Germany. In 1991, Kohl was elected the first chancellor of the united country. He managed to serve in Hitler's army, made a career in the political party Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and was chancellor for 16 years - longer than anyone since Otto von Bismarck. One of the architects of the Maastricht Treaty, thanks to which the European Union and the euro appeared. In 1998, Kohl was awarded the title of honorary citizen of Europe. However, the end of his political career was marred by a corruption scandal involving illegal financing of the CDU, of which he was chairman from 1973 to 1998.

June 16. John Avildsen, director, 81

Avildsen is the author of the boxing drama "Rocky" starring. The film received an Oscar for best film, direction and editing. Another famous work of Avildsen is the film “Karate Kid” about the development of a young karate fighter under the guidance of a Japanese master. The director died of pancreatic cancer.

June 19. Carla Fendi, fashion designer, 80 years old

Carla Fendi worked for many years to develop the Italian fashion house Fendi, founded by her parents. One of her most important decisions at the head of the house was inviting a young designer to the post of creative director in 1962. It was he who in 1966 came up with the current Fendi logo - two letters F, one of which is upside down. In 2007, the fashion designer founded the Carla Fendi Foundation, which supports cultural traditions in art, literature, cinema and fashion.

June 20. Sergei Mylnikov, Olympic champion, three-time world champion in hockey, 58 years old

Sergei Mylnikov is a Soviet and Russian hockey goalkeeper. He played for St. Petersburg SKA and Chelyabinsk Traktor. He became the first Soviet goalkeeper to play in the National Hockey League (NHL) in the Quebec Nordiques club. Since 1986 - Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, included in the symbolic team of hockey players of the USSR Championship. As a member of the Soviet national team, Mylnikov won the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary, and also won gold medals at the 1986, 1989 and 1990 World Championships.

21st of June. Albert Johnson, member of the duo Mobb Deep, 42 years old

American hip-hop artist Albert Johnson, known under the pseudonym Prodigy, passed away in Las Vegas. He was hospitalized due to complications arising from sickle cell anemia. It was reported that before his death, the musician choked on an egg, but whether this was the cause of death has not been established. Mobb Deep is best known for the track Shook Ones Pt. II from the 1995 album The Infamous. The song was included in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 50 greatest hip-hop songs of all time.

June 29. , singer, 47 years old

Before his death, the former lead singer of the group “Ivanushki International” Oleg Yakovlev was in serious condition in intensive care, where he was admitted with double pneumonia. The musician performed with Ivanushki from 1998 to 2013, after which he left the group for a solo career. He released singles such as “Call Me After Three Champagnes” and “Dance with Your Eyes Closed.” According to another member of “Ivanushki” Kirill Andreev, before his death Yakovlev dreamed of plans to record a new song and shoot a video.

4th of July. Daniil Granin, writer, 98 years old

The elder of Russian literature, the famous sixties, Daniil Granin went through the entire Great Patriotic War and began literary activity in the post-war years. The best known are his novels “I’m Going into the Storm,” “My Lieutenant” and “The Namesake,” as well as the story “Bison.” In addition, in collaboration with Ales Adamovich, Granin created a documentary chronicle of besieged Leningrad - “The Siege Book”. Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin is one of 18 holders of the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle, he was awarded this order in December 2008.

July 6. Pierre Henri, composer, creator of concrete music, 89 years old

Henri's Symphony for One Man, written in 1950 in collaboration with another composer, Pierre Schaeffer, is considered one of the first works of concrete music - an avant-garde movement in music of the 20th century that involves processing and mixing samples obtained from ambient noise into mostly natural origin. The composer also worked on soundtracks for films, theater and radio plays, and installations by contemporary artists. His composition Psyché Rock formed the basis of the theme for the animated series Futurama.

July 7. Alexey Grazhdankin, deputy director of Levada Center, 57 years old

Alexey Grazhdankin participated in the creation of the All-Union Center for the Study of Public Opinion (), and in 2003, together with his colleagues, he went to the Levada Center, where he worked until the end of his life. “This is a person who played a huge role in the formation of the first VTsIOM and the Levada Center; the entire organizational and technological part rested on him. He was responsible for almost all research and coordinated all research projects. And he was the most important link in our organization - in a technological sense,” said his colleague. Grazhdankin’s death is a great loss not only for the center, but also for all of sociology, to the study of which he devoted his life.

July 9. , media manager, blogger, journalist, 51 years old

In 1990, while in Israel, he began writing a column popular among Russian-speaking migrants. Returning to Russia, in 1998 Nosik created “the first online newspaper in RuNet,” which he called. Later, he launched three more online publications - Netoscope and Lenta.ru. He worked as editor-in-chief of Lenta.ru until 2004.

In 2001, Nosik became one of the first Russian-speaking users of the popular blogging platform LiveJournal and was appointed first vice president and then president of Rambler.

In 2005, he co-founded the Help.org charity foundation and took an active part in several other online projects. Throughout this time, he continued to maintain a LiveJournal blog with an obscene nickname, where he actively discussed Internet initiatives and political topics.

July 9. , artist, 87 years old

Glazunov's talent causes some controversy among critics, but Russians called him “the most outstanding artist of the 20th century” according to the results of a poll by VTsIOM. Recipient of all possible awards, including the Order of the Reverend, 1st degree, gold medal “For outstanding contribution to world culture,” and full holder of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland. His personal gallery is located in the very center of Moscow, next to the Pushkin Museum.

July 13. , singer, performer of the hit “Black Cat”, 86 years old

Performed by Tamara Miansarova, such hits as “Let There Always Be Sunshine” and “The Scarlet Flower” are known, but the song “Black Cat” has acquired the most cult status. It has been covered several times, and not only in Russian. The singer was born on March 5, 1931 in the city of Zinovievsk, Ukrainian SSR (now Kropyvnytskyi). After graduating from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in piano, she worked as an accompanist at GITIS, but soon moved to the stage, where she performed her solo concert numbers.

July 16. Vladimir Tolokonnikov, actor, 74 years old

Tolokonnikov was born on June 25, 1943 in Alma-Ata. He gained wide popularity after the role of Polygraph Poligrafovich Sharikov in the film “Heart of a Dog” based on the story of the same name. In total, Tolokonnikov starred in more than 60 films and TV series, and also worked for a long time at the Lermontov Republican Academic Theater of Russian Drama in Almaty.

July 16. Martin Landau, Oscar-winning actor, 89

Landau is the 1995 Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actor for Ed Wood. The actor is also known for the TV series Mission: Impossible from 1966-1969, for which he was nominated for an Emmy and received a Golden Globe in 1969. During his career, he embodied about 40 characters on screen, starring in such films as “North by Northwest”, “Tucker: The Man and His Dream”, “At the Crossroads”, “ Secret materials: Fight for the Future", "TV Ed" and "Sleepy Hollow".

July 17th. , director, creator of the zombie horror genre, 77 years old

American George A. Romero not only enriched the language of cinema with a fresh word - or phraseology: by filming “Night of the Living Dead” in 1968, he created a whole new genre. Romero’s works have produced absolutely all films and TV series about zombies over the past half century, and his discoveries and inventions, new techniques and styles, formal solutions and structures soon became the property of the entire cinema.

July 20. , leader of Linkin Park, 41 years old

The frontman of one of the world's most popular bands, Linkin Park, Chester Bennington was found dead in his home in Los Angeles. Investigators confirmed that the musician committed suicide. Linkin Park were one of the most commercially successful bands of the 2000s, an era when alternative music entered the mainstream. They brought nu-metal to a state close to pop music, and there was nowhere to hide from their song Numb.

A man who simultaneously represents two eras - Soviet and new, Russian. The first legal millionaire of the USSR, who was reported on all central channels. In January 1989, Artem Tarasov received a salary of 3 million rubles, which included part of the profit of the Tekhnika cooperative he headed. His deputy at the cooperative received a similar remuneration; both, by the way, made party contributions from their salaries, which amounted to several tens of thousands of rubles. And this despite the fact that the average salary in the USSR at that time was 200 rubles. Tarasov is also remembered for disrupting the “deal” to sell four Kuril Islands to Japan. Tarasov claimed that the first president of the USSR intended to gain about 200 billion dollars, but in reality the amount was almost 10 times lower - 28 billion. After the collapse of the USSR, he went into politics, was a deputy of the first convocation, tried to be elected president of Russia in 1996, but did not allow Tarasov to participate in the elections.

July 27. Valery Maslov, former player of the USSR national football and bandy teams, 77 years old

Midfielder Valery Maslov played for Dynamo Moscow from 1961 to 1971. As part of the team, the football player won the USSR Cup twice and became the national champion in 1963. For the blue and white Maslov played 351 official matches, where he scored 54 goals. Maslov is the only athlete in the USSR who led the USSR national hockey and football teams onto the field with a captain's armband. As a member of the hockey team, the athlete became an eight-time world champion. In 1973 he was recognized as the best striker of the world bandy championship.

July 30. Roma Englishman, composer of the rap group LSP, 29 years old

Belarusian musician and producer Roman Sashcheko (real name of Roma the Englishman) was a co-author of the Minsk rapper. Together they formed the rap duo LSP, recording such studio albums as “EP”, “Hangman”, Magic City and Tragic City. The group’s most famous track is “Coin,” the video for which also became the most viewed in the performers’ careers, surpassing the nine million mark.

July 31st. Sam Shepard, Pulitzer Prize-winning actor and playwright, 73

Shepard starred in several dozen films, including “Francis,” “Paris, Texas,” “Steel Magnolias,” “The Pelican Brief,” “The Notebook,” “Swordfish Password,” “Black Hawk Down,” “ How a coward killed." In 1984, he was nominated for an Oscar for his supporting role in the film “The Right Guys.” Shepard's last acting job was a role in the TV series Bloodline. His screenplay was used for the films Paris, Texas, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Zabriskie Point, and in 1979 he received the Pulitzer Prize for the drama Buried Child.

July 31st. , French actress, 89 years old

She has nearly 150 films to her credit, including Jules and Jim, Michelangelo Antonioni's La Nuit, Louis Malle's The Lovers, The Maid's Diary and Queen Margot. The critic Ginette Vincenteau called Moreau "the ideal of intellectual femininity"; in the movies, she embodied not so much beauty as thoughtfulness - there was always too much thought in her huge round eyes.

August 1, Oleg Valerius, founding father of the audit profession in Russia, 68 years old

Not much is known about Valerius’s life, but at the dawn of great changes and the establishment of a market economy in Russia in the 90s, an employee of the currency department of the USSR Ministry of Finance, where Valerius worked for 11 years, as well as the head of the audit department in the still Soviet auditing firm “Inaudit” became a pioneer in the emergence of the “Big Four” auditors on the Russian market. It was Valerius who in 1993 became a partner in the audit department of the British company Ernst&Young. In fact, he was a co-founder of the company’s Moscow office; many current audit managers note his achievements, calling Valerius their mentor. Worked at Ernst&Young until 2003.

August 6. Maria Uvarova, alleged author of the song “Oh, frost, frost,” 93 years old

“Oh, frost, frost” does not appear in collections of folk songs, but the authorship has not currently been established. Apart from Uvarova, no one claimed him. The composition is included in the repertoire of many singers; in 1968 it was performed in the film “Master of the Taiga”, after which it gained great popularity. Uvarova wrote a book in which she described in detail how she composed the song “Oh, frost, frost.” According to her, the composition was written in 1954 for a duet with her husband and the Voronezh choir.

August 16. , actress, 61 years old

Actress and director Vera Glagoleva died in Germany from cancer. Her path to cinema is itself worthy of the big screen: the 18-year-old archer, master of sports, was noticed by a cameraman at Mosfilm - and after just one audition, she played the main role in the film “To the End of the World...”. In the 1970-1980s she acted constantly - in her, fragile but stubborn, vulnerable but independent, the last Soviet generation easily recognized themselves: Glagoleva’s fragile plasticity fit organically into the situation of the breakdown of historical eras. Her talents - the subtlety of psychological drawing and an innate sense of framing - are noticeable in the six films she made as a director.

August 20. , comedian and actor, 91

Seventy years in show business have included all gradations of fame from popular to anecdotal, dozens of films, albums and scandals - as well as a natural revolution not only in the comedy genre, but also in film directing in general. This is not empty praise: Lewis was one of the first to think of using playback on the set - shooting video simultaneously with a movie camera so that the shot take could be immediately seen on the monitor. By the way, he even patented this idea, which is now used by all directors on the planet.

August 27. , director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 74

One of the true masters of horror, whose contribution to the development of the genre is no less due to the fact that his merits are still largely underestimated. Already in his second film, Hooper created one of the canonical incarnations of absolute evil on the screen - a cannibal with a chainsaw and the nickname Leatherface. What was truly revolutionary about The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, however, was Hooper’s direction - almost documentary, capturing not only the horror, but also the absurd, and at the same time as if aimed at capturing on the screen existential fear, reminiscent of the inevitability of death.

August 28. , French actress, 79 years old

Dark is known to most domestic viewers from the films “The Tall Blonde in a Black Shoe” and “The Return of the Tall Blonde” directed by . The Frenchwoman's filmography includes more than 50 films. On the set of the film “Jeff” in 1969, Dark met and a romance began between them. They lived together for 13 years, for Delon it was the longest relationship. The artists starred together in such films as “Man in a Hurry,” “Icy Breast,” “Death of a Scoundrel” and “Return of the Annoying Bug.”

September 2. Viktor Cherepkov, former mayor of Vladivostok, 75 years old

Captain of the first rank of the Navy Cherepkov was born during the war in the Ryazan region. In 1990 he was elected as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Primorye, and in 1993 - mayor of Vladivostok. However, already in next year he was accused of taking a bribe. He refused to leave his post, and the city hall building was stormed by riot police. In 1996, the State Duma unexpectedly revised Cherepkov’s resignation, and for the next two years he worked in his previous position. In 2012, he became one of five people who independently nominated themselves for president, but was not registered: the ex-mayor refused to hand over two million signatures, explaining that this was support for “unconstitutional laws” of the “privatized government.” He was the leader of the unregistered Freedom and Democracy party. In 2013, he suffered a concussion after an attack in Moscow. Shortly before his death, he was placed in the psychiatric ward of the Central Clinical Hospital due to refusal to treat a cancerous tumor.

Having graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University in 1947, Krasin became disillusioned with Marxism-Leninism, which he repeatedly stated in a circle of like-minded peers. For this, in 1949 he was sent to Stalin’s camps, where he spent five years. When he returned, he combined work as a driver and studies at the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University. In 1966 he completed his postgraduate studies at the Department of Statistics. In 1966-68 he wrote a dissertation on a comparative analysis of the economic growth of leading Western countries in the 20th century. He continued his “anti-Soviet activities,” criticizing the regime, and organized the human rights organization “Initiative Group for the Defense of Human Rights in the USSR,” for which he was subsequently arrested again. During interrogation by the KGB, he repented and admitted guilt, and this undermined the human rights movement in the USSR. In 1969 he was sent into exile, where he remained until 1971. In his memoirs he repented for his repentance before the KGB. Worked for . He died in an Israeli clinic.

September 5. Holger Schukay, co-founder of the Can group, 79 years old

The artist was found dead in a studio in the town of Weilerswist near Cologne. Shukay was one of the founders of Can and the ideologist of the team, which became one of the most influential in the krautrock genre. He developed the principle of “instant compositions,” according to which the group’s music was based on free improvisation and post-processing of sound. The bass player left Can in 1977, and two years later the band disbanded. Holger Szukay's solo discography includes more than 20 albums, some recorded with the participation of artists such as David Sylvian, Jah Wobble and Connie Plank.

September 7. Vasily Shchetinin, architect of Nikola-Lenivets, 52 years old

Vasily Shchetinin is the author of the idea and concept of a creative village for artists in the village of Nikola-Lenivets, Kaluga region. In 2006, the festival of landscape objects “Arkhstoyanie” was first organized on the basis of the art park, which has been held annually since then. The Russian architect and designer died in the USA - he came there to attend the Burning Man festival.

September 15th. Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, 91 years old

Stanton began his acting career in the 50s, he was noted for roles with David Lynch, Coppola, and one of the most significant innovators of 20th century cinema, Sam Peckinpah. In total, he starred in more than 60 films. The most famous film in which Stanton played the leading role was Paris, Texas, which received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as the cult film Repo Man. The actor died shortly after the release of the third season of Twin Peaks, where he played Carl Rodd.

September 19. Jake LaMotta, world champion boxer, 95 years old

Jake LaMotta began his boxing career in 1941. Over the 13 years of his career, he fought 106 fights, in which he won 83 victories, suffered 19 defeats and reduced four fights to a draw. In 1949, LaMotta won the championship title by defeating Algerian Marcel Cerdan. The memoirs of the American, nicknamed the Bronx Bull, formed the basis of the film “Raging Bull”, where he played the main role.

September 28. , founder of the Playboy empire, 91

Hefner became the creator of one of the main men's magazines of our time, the first issue of which was published in 1953. He turned out to be the person who managed to combine the eroticism and beauty of the female body with literary stories and columns on important topics.

IN different time Famous models appeared on the cover of the publication, and the first issue was decorated with a nude photograph - next to the actress, Hefner was buried. The entrepreneur bequeathed part of his fortune to charitable organizations.

2 October. Tom Petty, lead singer of The Heartbreakers, 66 years old

Tom Petty and his band The Heartbreakers rose to fame in the 1970s. In 2002, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The musician managed to achieve success in his solo career. In total, his discography includes three solo albums and 13 albums as part of The Heartbreakers. The artist was found dead in his home in the Californian city of Malibu. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.

October 6. Vladimir Ruchkin, veteran of the Great Patriotic War, 92 years old

During the Great Patriotic War, Vladimir Ruchkin walked throughout Belarus and received a medal for bravery. After the war, he built a house in the village of Isakovo near Moscow and, together with his wife, a home front veteran, lived there for half a century. Over the years, the housing fell into disrepair, the walls rotted, the foundation began to crack, a hole appeared in the floor, there was no water, gas or sewerage. For 12 years, the almost blind veteran tried in vain to get new housing or at least help with repairs from the authorities. In May 2017, investigators near Moscow opened a case of negligence against officials. The veteran never got a new home for himself and his wife, who had not gotten out of bed for several years: he died in a dilapidated house.

October 7th. Konstantin Sarsania, football functionary, 49 years old

As a football player, Konstantin Sarsania played in the first and second leagues of the USSR championship, played in the top league of France for the clubs Lens, Dunkirk and Armentieres. After completing his sports career, he received a license from the International Football Federation (FIFA) and worked as an agent. In 2006, he was invited to the position of sports director, and since 2008 he became an adviser to the club president on transfer and selection policy. During Sarsania's tenure, Zenit became the second club in Russian history to win the cup (2008), won the Russian Championship (2007) and the National Cup (2010). Since 2010, he has worked as an adviser on sports issues to the president.

October 8. Igor Andreev, blockade survivor, the oldest opposition activist in St. Petersburg, 78 years old

Petersburgers simply called Igor Andreev Stepanych. Since 1987, he - a blockade pacifist - has not missed a single rally, advocated democracy and reform of the public administration system. Local officials did not like him. In Soviet times, Stepanych continually received warnings under the article “Propaganda and agitation against the Soviet regime.” IN last years he was detained more than once for participating in protests, he even got into a fight with a deputy while defending the “Peace to the World” poster at an anti-war gathering. After Stepanych’s death, his comrades-in-arms collected money for his funeral, since Andreev lived on a pension of 6.5 thousand rubles, from which he also paid thousands of fines for participating in rallies.

Allan Chumak's television sessions created a sensation on Soviet and later Russian television in the late 1980s and early 1990s: Russians massively “charged” water and believed in the miracle of healing from chronic diseases. By his own admission, Chumak became a psychic unexpectedly: while preparing revealing materials about charlatan healers, he heard a certain voice and believed in his paranormal abilities. Chumak criticized his television antipode - psychotherapist Anatoly Kashpirovsky, who conducted sessions of mass hypnosis. Gradually, his popularity waned: in 1995, he restricted unconventional methods of treatment, and Chumak’s activities were banned. In 2000, he ran for the State Duma from the Samara region, but lost, collecting only three percent of the vote. Chumak conducted classes on extrasensory perception at his own school, where he taught how to be “normal people” and see miracles, and also wrote books about “practical techniques for healing oneself and loved ones.”

October 15. , theater and film actor, 47 years old

For Ryazanov and Todorovsky, he was an exemplary young dreamer. In the 1990s, he repeatedly played out the confusion of a generation doomed to grow up in troubled times. In the 2000s, he took on cult TV series in order to show a new facet of Russian masculinity in each new role: here she punches your windpipe with the hands of the Mute from “The Fighter,” here she desperately seeks death in “Rostov-Papa,” here she looks back at her past self in “ Investigator Savelyev." Each post-Soviet generation knew its Maryanov, but one thing was constant: his heroes always remained real men.

October 16, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist, anti-corruption activist, 53 years old

The journalist made accusations against the Maltese establishment, including the prime minister of the island state. Caruana participated in an international investigation of journalists who were in possession of a large-scale leak of offshore documents, nicknamed the Paradise Papers. The investigation alleged that businessmen, politicians, cultural figures and even members of the British royal family use offshore companies to launder money and evade taxes. She has received numerous threats for her investigations. On October 16, Caruana was blown up in her car.

October 23. George Young, co-creator of AC/DC, 70

George Young is the brother of Malcolm and Angus Young, founders of the rock group AC/DC. He was one of the producers of the group. In addition, Young played guitar in the Australian rock band The Easybeats and wrote lyrics. The team gained fame thanks to the hit Friday on My Mind. The Youngs were born in Scotland and moved to Australia in 1963.

the 25th of October. Fats Domino, founder of rock 'n' roll, 89

Fats Domino is considered one of the founders of rock and roll and the first artist of the R"n"B genre who managed to resonate with white-skinned audiences. One of his most famous hits is Blueberry Hill. Domino's discography includes about 50 releases, the first of which, Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino, was released in 1955. Fats Domino was one of the first musicians whose name appeared in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

November 2. Vladimir Makanin, writer, 80 years old

Author of the novels “Asan”, “Fright”, “Two Sisters and Kandinsky”, the stories “Prisoner of the Caucasus”, “Klyucharyov and Alimushkin”, “Table Covered with Cloth and with a Decanter in the Middle” and others, winner of the “Big Book” awards, “ Yasnaya Polyana”, “Russian Booker” will be remembered not only as one of the most outstanding Russian prose writers of the 20th-21st centuries, but also simply one of the smartest, brightest and most talented people who have followed their own path all their lives and eschewed any “interest group”.

November 7. Hans Schäfer, World Cup Champion, 91

German football player Hans Schaefer played for one team throughout his professional career - Cologne. For a long time he was captain of the German national team. He played 40 matches as a member of the national team, scoring 15 goals. In 1954, Schaefer played in the World Cup that was victorious for the Germans, scoring four times in the tournament. He took part in the world championships in 1958 and 1962.

10th of November. , writer, satirist, 69 years old

In June of this year, Zadornov refused treatment for a cancerous brain tumor, considering the procedures debilitating and useless. For several decades, he performed himself and composed for fellow comedians; his concerts were broadcast on federal channels. At different times, Zadornov hosted the humorous programs “Full House”, “Funny Panorama” and “Satirical Forecast”.

He himself loved to speculate about Russians, peppering his thoughts with witty comments. In 1991, during the New Year's show, he addressed the Russians: the president's address was shown a day earlier.

November 18th. Azzedine Alaïa, fashion designer, 77 years old

Born in Tunisia in 1939, Alaya moved to Paris in the 1950s and enrolled in sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts, but chose to pursue fashion. Azzedine got a job as an assistant at Christian Dior, but was fired after a few days. He then worked for two years at the house of Guy Laroche and collaborated with Thierry Mugler. Alaya presented his first collections in the late 1960s, and founded his own fashion house in 1980. Among Azzedine Alaїa's celebrity clients were Tina Turner

Malcolm died less than a month after his older brother George. He was a guitarist and one of the founders of the Australian band AC/DC, but in 2014 he left the band forever and stopped performing for health reasons. His place in the group was taken by his nephew Stephen. Now there is only one member of the old team left in the team - guitarist Angus Young.

November 18th. Naim Suleymanoglu, three-time Olympic champion in weightlifting, 50 years old

Naim Suleymanoglu is the most titled weightlifter in the history of this sport. During his career, he set 46 world records. Until 1986, he played for Bulgaria, becoming a two-time world champion as part of this country. In 1987 he received Turkish citizenship. At the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games he became the champion in the weight category up to 60 kilograms. Four years later, Suleymanoglu excelled in weight up to 64 kilograms. Competing for Turkey, the athlete won five gold medals at world championships.

November 22. Dmitry Hvorostovsky, opera singer, 55 years old

The famous Russian baritone Hvorostovsky sang in the best theaters in the world: from London's Covent Garden and Milan's La Scala to the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the Mariinsky Theater. One of his last performances in Russia took place on the stage of the Bolshoi - and this was his first big performance in the main theater of the country. Six months later, he was supposed to return there to sing in the opera Don Carlos, whom the singer called his favorite composer, but illness prevented this: in 2015, Dmitry was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

29th of November. Slobodan Praljak, Croatian general during the Yugoslav Civil War, 72 years old

The general took poison at the announcement of the verdict in his appeal at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) after the Appeals Chamber confirmed the verdict: 20 years in prison for war crimes. Praljak listened to the decision while standing, after which he told the judges: “General Praljak is not a war criminal, and I reject your verdict.” He then drank the contents of a small flask and announced that he had taken poison. The court hearing was stopped and doctors were called to the scene. Praljak later died in a hospital in The Hague. Praljak's relatives - his wife Katyusha Babich and her children Nikola and Natasha - printed out a message left by the general two years ago: the man asked his family not to open the letter until the day of his death. In his will, the general asked: “I don’t need a funeral or a coffin, scatter my ashes around Mirogoya.” (Mirogoj - cemetery of prominent figures, memorial park and architectural complex in Zagreb - approx. "Tapes.ru"). In 2013, the ICTY found Praljak guilty of murder, persecution, rape and torture of Muslims in the self-proclaimed republic of Herzeg-Bosna in 1993-1994. But Praljak did not admit his guilt.

December 4. , first president of a united Yemen, 75

Saleh is the permanent president of Yemen, who ruled for more than 30 years and resigned under pressure from Arab Spring activists. He was killed by yesterday's allies - the Houthis, members of the Shiite Ansar Allah movement, with whom he once fought. “Yemeni citizens have tried to tolerate the recklessness of the Houthis for two and a half years, but I can no longer. I call on brothers in neighboring countries to stop the aggression and lift the blockade. Let's turn this page,” he said in a televised address two days before his death. Yesterday's allies of Saleh, who fought with him with the support of Iran against the Saudi coalition, called this statement a betrayal. His car was blown up by a grenade launcher, and the body of the former president with a broken head was carried through the streets on a blanket. The day before his death, Saleh wrote his will. “If you find this paper, know that the Motherland is precious, and we cannot neglect it (...). Don’t hand over Republican Yemen to them, become their nightmare,” it said. As follows from the text, in those moments when Saleh made his will, he was surrounded by “traitors who sold Yemen cheaply.”

9th December. , People's Artist of the USSR, 88 years old

Bronevoy became famous for his role as Gestapo head Heinrich Müller in the film “Seventeen Moments of Spring.” His character, who first appeared before Soviet audiences not as a caricatured villain, but as an intelligent and even sympathetic dangerous antagonist, has the famous line “Stirlitz, but I’ll ask you to stay.” The actor also starred in such films as “Armed and Very Dangerous,” “That Same Munchausen,” “Pokrovsky Gate,” “Promised Heaven” and “Simple Things.”

December 18. Arseniy Roginsky, historian, founder of the human rights organization Memorial, 71 years old

Roginsky’s father was repressed, and he himself was born in “eternal exile” in the North. This left an imprint on his sphere of interests: history, the search for truth, the fight for human rights. In the 1970s, he and his comrades published the samizdat “Memory” - a historical almanac about forgotten facts and people. After a series of house searches and a negative characterization from the KGB, he was deprived of the opportunity to engage in scientific and teaching activities, and then completely sentenced to four years in prison for “forgery of documents” and illegal access to archival materials. After his release, he continued educational and human rights activities, and in the late 1980s he became one of the founders of the Memorial society. Being an ardent supporter of de-Stalinization and the return of historical memory, Roginsky, together with human rights activist Elena Zhemkova, organized the “Return of Names” event dedicated to the victims of political repression.

December 24. , Russian linguist, academician, 82 years old

Born in Moscow, in the family of engineer Anatoly Andreevich Zaliznyak and chemist Tatyana Konstantinovna Krapivina. After graduating from the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University and graduate school, he continued his studies at the Sorbonne and the Ecole Normale Supérieure, with the structuralist Andre Martinet. Zaliznyak’s synchronous description of the morphology of the Russian language formed the basis for computer analysis of words in search engines Internet. The study of birch bark letters and the Old Novgorod dialect made it possible to discover previously unknown features of the formation of the Russian literary language. Zaliznyak was a popularizer of science; he proved the authenticity of The Tale of Igor's Campaign and the falsity of the Book of Veles.

In 2007, the Aviasales.ru portal was Kalinov’s personal blog; in 2017, it is the largest metasearch engine for air tickets, which belongs to the company Go Travel Un Limited, founded by Kalinov. The monthly audience of the portal is estimated at 7-10 million people. Aviasales is remembered by many thanks to its daring and bold presentation various offers by air tickets. The company set a new standard in the market, which others followed. For example, in 2016, Aviasales posted a message allegedly from a person where he discussed the need for frequent flights to Africa to visit his adopted children. The post caused a scandal, the company was accused of racism, and Kalinov sent the authors of such accusations in a direction known to everyone.