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Ilya Zbarsky

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Ilya Borisovich Zbarsky
Born(1913-10-26)October 26, 1913
DiedNovember 9, 2007(2007-11-09) (aged 94)
EducationDoctor of Science

Academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences

Professor
Alma materTemplate:Moscow University
Known forhead of Lenin's Mausoleum
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsFirst Moscow State Medical University
Lenin's Mausoleum

Ilya Borisovich Zbarsky (Template:Lang-ru; October 13, 1913 – November 9, 2007) was the Russian head of Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow, Russia. Zbarsky worked as the director of the Vladimir Lenin's Mausoleum from 1956 until 1989. He was appointed as Advisor at the Direction of the Institute in 1989 due to his age. He was the son of Boris Zbarsky, who helped mummify Lenin's body in 1924. Zbarsky was a member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.

With Samuel Hutchinson, he was the author of the book Lenin's Embalmers.

He died on November 9, 2007.

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