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Yuri Voronov (archaeologist)

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Yuri Nikolaevich Voronov
Юрий Николаевич Воронов
Vice Premier of Abkhazia
In office
1993 – 11 September 1995
Personal details
Born(1941-05-08)May 8, 1941
Tsebelda, Abkhazia
DiedSeptember 11, 1995(1995-09-11) (aged 54)
Sukhumi, Abkhazia

Yuri Nikolaevich Voronov (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Воронов, 8 May 1941 – 11 September 1995) was a politician and academic from Abkhazia who was murdered in front of his apartment on the night of 11 September 1995. At the time of his death, he was Vice Premier and a member of the Abkhazian Supreme Soviet.[1]

Early life and career

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Yuri Voronov was born on 8 May 1941 in Tsebelda, in the Gulripshi District of the Abkhazian ASSR.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Исполнилось 14 лет со дня гибели видного общественного и политического деятеля Абхазии Юрия Николаевича Воронова (in Russian). Администрация Президента Республики Абхазия. 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
  2. ^ Lakoba, Stanislav (2004). "Абхазия после двух империй XIX—XXI вв." // 21st Century COE Program Slavic Eurasian Studies — No. 5. Sapporo: Slavic Research Center, Hokudai University.