Ilya Zbarsky | |
Birth Name: | Ilya Borisovich Zbarsky |
Birth Date: | 8 November 1913 |
Birth Place: | Kamianets-Podilskyi, Podolian Governorate, Russian Empire |
Death Place: | Moscow, Russia |
Field: | Biochemistry |
Work Institution: | First Moscow State Medical University Lenin's Mausoleum |
Alma Mater: | Moscow State University (1935) |
Education: | Doctor of Science Academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences Professor |
Known For: | head of 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.