Alexander Belov

Soviet basketball player (1951–1978).

Born November 9th, 1951 in Saint Petersburg.

Died October 3rd, 1978 at 26 years old in Saint Petersburg (heart sarcoma).

Alexander Khalifman

Russian chess player.

Born January 18th, 1966 (age 60 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Vladimir Fock

Russian physicist (1898-1974).

Born December 22nd, 1898 in Saint Petersburg.

Died December 27th, 1974 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg. ^[ref]

Yulii Khariton

Soviet and russian physicist (1904-1996).

Born February 27th, 1904 in Saint Petersburg. ^[ref]

Died December 18th, 1996 at 92 years old in Sarov. ^[ref]

Vladimir Fedoseev

Russian chess player.

Born February 16th, 1995 (age 31 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Anatoly Lyadov

Russian composer, teacher and conductor (1855-1914).

Born May 11th, 1855 in Saint Petersburg.

Died August 28th, 1914 at 59 years old in Borovichi.

Maria Chudnovsky

Mathematician and engineer.

Born January 6th, 1977 (age 49 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Alexander Rosenbaum

Russian bard.

Born September 13th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Alexey Ekimov

Russian physicist.

Born February 28th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Konstantin Simonov

Soviet writer, poet, playwright and wartime correspondent (1915-1979).

Born November 28th, 1915 in Saint Petersburg.

Died August 28th, 1979 at 63 years old in Moscow.