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Vladimir Zhirinovsky
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky

1946 – 2022 · aged 76

Russian politician (1946–2022)

Born
25 Apr 1946 · Almaty
Died
6 Apr 2022 · Moscow
Part ofKazakhstan329 BCE – todayRussia1223 – todaySoviet Union1848 – 1991Russians1866 – todayEastern Orthodoxy265 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 87 years
  1. 25 Apr 1946BornBorn in Almaty
  2. 1994 – 1996RoleSpecial Guest of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  3. 1996 – 2004RoleRepresentative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  4. 1997AwardMedal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
  5. 2000 – 2003RoleMember of the State Duma
  6. 2000AwardHonoured Jurist of the Russian Federation
  7. 2003 – 2007RoleMember of the State Duma
  8. 2005 – 2008RoleRepresentative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  9. 2006AwardOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
  10. 2008AwardOrder of Honour
  11. 2011 – 2016RoleMember of the State Duma
  12. 2011AwardOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
  13. 2011AwardRussian Federation Government Certificate of Honour
  14. 2015AwardOrder of Alexander Nevsky
  15. 2016AwardCommendation of the Government of Russia
  16. 2016AwardOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
  17. 2021AwardOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class
  18. 6 Apr 2022DiedDied in Moscow

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1946 – 2022).

  1. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  3. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  4. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  6. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  7. 1956Suez Crisis
  8. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  10. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  12. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  14. 1968Prague Spring
  15. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  16. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  17. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  18. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  20. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  21. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  22. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  23. 1985Schengen Agreement
  24. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  25. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  26. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  28. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  30. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  31. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  32. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  33. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  34. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  35. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  36. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  37. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  38. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  39. 20112011 Norway attacks
  40. 2011Libyan civil war

Biography

Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (Russian: Владимир Вольфович Жириновский, IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ˈvolʲfəvʲɪtɕ ʐɨrʲɪˈnofskʲɪj], né Eidelstein, Russian: Эйдельштейн; 25 April 1946 – 6 April 2022) was a Russian right-wing populist politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) from its creation in 1992 until his death in 2022.

Zhirinovsky served as a deputy chairman of the State Duma from 1993 to 2000 and from 2011 until 2022. He also worked as a delegate in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 1996 to 2008. During his lifetime, Zhirinovsky ran in every single Russian presidential election except for the 2004 election.

Zhirinovsky was known for many controversies, as well as staunch advocacy for Russian military action against NATO.

Text from the Wikipedia article Vladimir Zhirinovsky, CC BY-SA 4.0

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