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Former dean of Faculty of History of Moscow State University dies

Former dean of Faculty of History of Moscow State University dies

Today, 89 years old Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Distinguished Professor of Lomonosov Moscow State University Yuri Stepanovich Kukushkin passed away. The relevant message was published on the …

Singer Julia Nachalova died in hospital

Singer Julia Nachalova died in hospital

Today, a 38-year old singer Julia Nachalova died, PR director of the singer, Anna Isaeva said. “An hour ago, our Julia’s heart stopped beating,” she wrote on Instagram. Last Monday, the artist was …

Leader of Soviet Armenia Suren Harutyunyan passes away

Leader of Soviet Armenia Suren Harutyunyan passes away

Today, a Soviet statesman, first secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia Central Committee Suren Harutyunyan, died in Moscow at the age of 81, the press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, Anna Naghdalyan said. Suren …

Zagir Valitov passes away

Zagir Valitov passes away

Actor of the Bashkir Mazhit Gafuri Drama Theater Zagir Valitov passed away after a lingering illness. Valitov was named People's Artist of the Bashkir ASSR in 1984. In 1989, he became the People's Artist of the RSFSR, and in …

Sargsyan expresses condolences over death of Legrand

Sargsyan expresses condolences over death of Legrand

Armenian President Armen Sargsyan expressed condolences in connection with the passing away of French composer Michel Legrand, the presidential press service reports. Sargsyan noted the role of the musician in strengthening the …

Theatrical critic Inna Vishnevskaya passes away

Theatrical critic Inna Vishnevskaya passes away

Today, at the age of 93, theatrical critic, writer, teacher of the Russian Institute of Theatrical Arts and the Maxim Gorky Literatury Institute Inna Vishnevskaya passed away, Rector of GITIS Grigory Zaslavsky wrote on his page in Facebook. …

Pop singer Yevgeny Osin passes away, media reports

Pop singer Yevgeny Osin passes away, media reports

Today, a fifty five years old famous Russian pop singer Yevgeny Osin passed away, REN TV reports. Osin died in Moscow, the cause of the artist’s death is unknown, RIA Novosti reports. Previously, the producer of Laskoviy …

Minister of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan dies

Minister of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan dies

The Minister of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan, Yaver Jamalov, died, a source close to the minister's family told to the national media. The information was confirmed in the Ministry of Defense Industry. Jamalov headed the …

Soviet and Georgian actor Georgy Khutsishvili passes away

Soviet and Georgian actor Georgy Khutsishvili passes away

Soviet and Georgian singer and actor Georgy Khutsishvili died in Tbilisi, the Ministry of Culture of Georgia reported. It is specified that a 56-year-old artist died as a result of an extended illness. As an actor Khutsishvili …

Tokay Mamedov dies

Tokay Mamedov dies

An outstanding Azerbaijani sculptor-monumentalist, laureate of the State Prizes of the USSR and Azerbaijan, Chevalier of the Shohrat order, the national artist, professor Tokay Mammadov died, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Education reported …

Legendary Kabardino-Balkaria artist Kanshao Sottaev died

Legendary Kabardino-Balkaria artist Kanshao Sottaev died

Today, the national artist of Kabardino-Balkaria, the legendary dancer of the Kabardinka ensemble, Kanshao Sottaev, passed away, the press service of the Nalchik administration reported. "Sottaev was a dashing, harmonious Dzhigit, …

Boris Resnik dies

Boris Resnik dies

According to the Union of Journalists of Russia, today, the secretary of the organization, Boris Reznik, passed away. "Our comrade, a well-known journalist, public figure, secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia Boris …

People's Writer of Dagestan Magomed-Rasul Rasulov dies

People's Writer of Dagestan Magomed-Rasul Rasulov dies

Today, a 81-year old people's writer of Dagestan, playwright, literary critic Magomed-Rasul Rasulov died in Makhachkala Magomed-Rasul Rasulov was born in 1936 in the village of Kubachi. He graduated from the Stalsky Pedagogical …

Volleyball player Vladimir Shkurikhin dies

Volleyball player Vladimir Shkurikhin dies

Today, a 59-year old honored master of sports of the USSR, silver medalist of the 1988 Olympic Games Vladimir Shkurikhin, died, the media reported with a reference to the press service of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation. …

TV presenter Boris Notkin passes away

TV presenter Boris Notkin passes away

TV host Boris Notkin was found dead in the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region, the media reported with a reference to the law enforcement source. "Notkin was found dead in the village of Rozhdestveno on Saturday," he …

Georgia pays last respects to actress Lika Kavzharadze

Georgia pays last respects to actress Lika Kavzharadze

Today, artists, politicians and ordinary citizens paid last respects to actress Lika Kavzharadze. Thousands of Georgians, members of the government and parliament, leaders of political organizations, as well as former Prime Minister of …

FC ‘Zenith’ sports director Konstantin Sarsaniya dies

FC ‘Zenith’ sports director Konstantin Sarsaniya dies

Today, a 49-year old director of the St. Petersburg FC ’Zenith’ Konstantin Sarsania died suddenly, the official website of the team reports. Presumably, the cause of Konstantin Sarsania’s death became …

People's Artist of the USSR Tsisana Tatishvili dies

People's Artist of the USSR Tsisana Tatishvili dies

Today, a 79-year old famous opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR, Tsisana Tatishvili, died in Georgia, The Georgian National Opera and Ballet Theater of Tbilisi reports. "The Georgian National Opera and Ballet …

 Imam of Makhachkala’s largest mosque dies after hajj

Imam of Makhachkala’s largest mosque dies after hajj

Yesterday,  a 77-year old Imam of the largest mosque of Dagestan’s capital, Idris Israpilov passed away. Idris Israpilov was born in the village of Eched in the Tsumadinsky district in 1940, lived in Makhachkala and was known …

Russia’s trade representative in  Netherlands dies

Russia’s trade representative in Netherlands dies

The trade representative of the Russian Federation in the Netherlands, Alexander Cherevko died. The relevant information is posted on the website of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. It was reported earlier …