File:Yuri_Luzhkov.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
OverviewAI-generated
Yury Luzhkov was a Soviet and Russian politician, scientist, and statesperson who served as the mayor of Moscow. Born in Moscow in 1936, he was educated at Gubkin University and was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and United Russia. He also served in the Federation Council. His native language was Russian, which he also used for writing.
Luzhkov received several awards, including the USSR State Prize, the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Order of Lenin, and the Order of Honour. He was married to Elena Baturina and adhered to the Russian Orthodox Church. He died in Munich in 2019 and was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.
Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Film & TV
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Known for
- Последний день — Self - мэр Москвы (1992-2010 гг.)2015
- Oligarchs2004
- Genius — self (cameo)1992
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Yury
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Munich
- Spouse
- Elena Baturina
- Occupation
- statesperson
- Educated at
- Gubkin University
- Political party
- United Russia
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Russian
- Religion
- Russian Orthodox Church
- Field of work
- politics
- Official website
- www.luzhkov.ru
- Image
- Yuri Luzhkov.jpg
- Work location
- Moscow
Show 8 more facts
- Commons category
- Yuri Luzhkov
- date of birth
- 1936-09-21
- date of death
- 2019-12-10
- name in native language
- Ю́рий Миха́йлович Лужко́в
- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- member of
- Federation Council
- writing language
- Russian
- P10632
- Yury Luzhkov
Sources (10)
via Wikidata · CC0
~21 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Лужков, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ lʊˈʂkof]; 21 September 1936 – 10 December 2019) was a Russian politician who served as mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010. Before the election of Gavriil Popov as the first mayor of Moscow, he also headed the capital in 1990–1991 as chairman of the Mosgorispolkom. He was the vice-chairman and one of the founders of the ruling United Russia party. During Luzhkov's time, Moscow's economy expanded and he presided over large construction projects in the city, including the building of a new financial district. At the same time, he was accused of corruption, bulldozing historic buildings, and poor handling of traffic, as well as the city's smog crisis during the 2010 Russian wildfires. On 28 September 2010, Luzhkov was fired from his post by a decree issued by then-President Dmitry Medvedev.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yury Luzhkov” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.