Ilya Zbarsky

Ilya Zbarsky
Ilya Zbarsky
Born	Ilya Borisovich Zbarsky; November 8, 1913; Kamianets-Podilskyi, Podolian Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	November 9, 2007 (aged 94); Moscow, Russia
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; November 8, 1913 – November 9, 2007) was a Soviet and Russian biochemist who served as the head of Lenin's Mausoleum from 1956 to 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.^[1] 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, in Moscow.

References and sources

Ilya Borisovich Zbarsky biography Archived 2011-08-18 at the Wayback Machine

References

^ SLEZKINE, YURI (2017-08-07). The House of Government. Princeton University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctvc77htw. ISBN 978-1-4008-8817-7.

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[1] SLEZKINE, YURI (2017-08-07). The House of Government. Princeton University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctvc77htw. ISBN 978-1-4008-8817-7.

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