Ilya Zbarsky

Ilya Borisovich Zbarsky
Ilya Borisovich Zbarsky
Born	October 26, 1913; Kamianets-Podilskyi
Died	November 9, 2007 (aged 94); Moscow
Education	Doctor of Science; Academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences; Professor
Alma mater	Moscow State University (1935)
Known for	head of Lenin's Mausoleum
	Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	First Moscow State Medical University; Lenin's Mausoleum

Ilya Borisovich Zbarsky (Russian: Илья Борисович Збарский; 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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Ilya Borisovich Zbarsky biography

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