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 Lenin's Mausoleum (from 1953 to 1961 Lenin's & Stalin's Mausoleum) ( rus, links=no, Мавзолей Ленина, r=Mavzoley Lenina, p=məvzɐˈlʲej ˈlʲenʲɪnə), also known as Lenin's Tomb, situated on Red Square in the centre of Moscow, is ...

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. Zbarsky was a member of the

Russian Academy of Medical Sciences The USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (russian: Акаде́мия медици́нских нау́к СССР) was the highest scientific and medical organization founded in the Soviet Union founded in 1944. Its successor is the Russian Academy of ...

. With Samuel Hutchinson, he was the author of the book ''Lenin's Embalmers''. He died on November 9, 2007 in Moscow.

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Ilya Borisovich Zbarsky biography

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1913 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Russian chemists People from Kamianets-Podilskyi Academicians of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Academicians of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences Moscow State University alumni Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Molecular biologists Russian biochemists Russian Jews Soviet biochemists Soviet Jews {{Russia-scientist-stub