October 12 — Nikolai Rutkovsky (Russian: Рутковский Николай Христофорович), Russian soviet painter and theatre artist (b. 1892).
26 ноября — Victor Ivanov (Russian: Иванов Виктор Семёнович), Russian soviet graphic artist, Honored Arts Worker of the RSFSR, Stalin Prize winner (b. 1909).
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