Yury Luzhkov
1936 – 2019 · aged 83
Russian politician (1936–2019)
- Born
- 21 Sept 1936 · Moscow
- Died
- 10 Dec 2019 · Munich
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 21 Sept 1936BornBorn in Moscow
- 1954AwardMedal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
- 1976AwardOrder of the Red Banner of Labour
- 1981AwardOrder of Lenin
- 1991 – 2001RolePrime Minister of Moscow
- 1991RoleDeputy Premier of the Soviet Union
- 1992 – 2010RoleMayor of Moscow
- 1993AwardMedal "Defender of a Free Russia"
- 1995AwardOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
- 1996AwardHonored Builder of the Russian Federation
- 1996AwardMedal of Francysk Skaryna
- 1999AwardGold Olympic Order
- 2000AwardOrder of Honour
- 2001AwardOrder of Francisc Skorina
- 2001AwardDr. Friedrich Joseph Haass-Preis
- 2001AwardOrder of the Tyva Republic
- 10 Dec 2019DiedDied in Munich
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1936 – 2019).
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Biography
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.
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