page_title: 2012 in Russia
section_title: Notable deaths
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 in Russia / Notable deaths
caption_attribution_description: Людмила Касаткина
context_page_description: Events from the year 2012 in the Russia
context_section_description: January 2 - Anatoly Kolesov, 73, wrestler, Olympic gold medalist (1964), after long illness. (born 1938)
  January 2 - Ivan Călin, 76, Moldovan politician, Acting President of the Moldovan Parliament (2009).
  January 3 - Stepan Oshchepkov, 77, canoeist, Olympic gold medalist (1964). (born 1934)
  January 5 - Alexander Sizonenko, 52, Russian basketball player, world's tallest person (1991).
  January 8 - Dmitry Machinsky, 74, Russian archaeologist.
  January 9 - Pyotr Vasilevsky, 55, Belarusian football player and coach.
  January 14 - Zelemkhan Zangiyev, 37, Russian footballer.
  January 15 - Eduard Ivanov, 73, Soviet ice hockey player, World and Olympic champion.
  January 16 - Valentin Rusantsov, 72, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (1996–2012).
  January 25 - Alexander Zhitinsky, 71, Russian writer.
  January 27 - Dzhamaleim Mutaliyev, 35, Russian rebel leader, shot.
  February 6 - Vitaly Gorelik, 44, Russian mountaineer, heart attack.
  February 11 - Sergey Kolosov, 90, Russian film director, People's Artist of the USSR.
  February 17 - Tatyana Golikova, 66, Russian ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet).
  February 20 - Asar Eppel, 77, Russian translator, stroke.
  February 20 - Vitaly Vorotnikov, 86, Soviet politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (1988–1990).
  February 22 - Lyudmila Kasatkina, 86, Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR.
  March 28 - Eduard Steinberg, 76, Russian painter.
  June 4 - Eduard Khil, 77, Russian baritone singer.
caption: Lyudmila Kasatkina
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