Anatoly Sobchak was born in Chita, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, on 10 August 1937.
16 Facts About Anatoly Sobchak
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Anatoly Sobchak's father, Aleksander Antonovich, was a railroad engineer of Polish and Czech origin, and his mother, Nadezhda Andreyevna Litvinova, was an accountant of Russian and Ukrainian origin.
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In 1939, the family moved to Uzbekistan, where Anatoly lived until 1953 before entering Stavropol Law College.
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Anatoly Sobchak was very popular among law students, especially for his mildly anti-government comments.
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Anatoly Sobchak was one of only a few deputies who had a legal background, so he contributed enormously to most of the laws created from 1989 to 1991.
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Anatoly Sobchak became one of the founders and a co-chairman of the Inter-Regional Deputies Group along with Andrei Sakharov and Boris Yeltsin.
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Anatoly Sobchak was a chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on the Investigation of the events of 9 April 1989 in Tbilisi.
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Anatoly Sobchak was a member of the President's Consultative Council during Mikhail Gorbachev's tenure and contributed to legislation that originated from the presidential administration.
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Anatoly Sobchak won the elections, and the city voted to return to its historical name of Saint Petersburg.
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Anatoly Sobchak was Mayor of Saint Petersburg from 1991 to 1996.
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Anatoly Sobchak was accused of irregularities in the privatization of his own apartment, his elder daughter's apartment, and his wife's art studio.
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On 7 November 1997, Anatoly Sobchak flew to Paris on a private plane without passport processing on the Russian side.
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The formal reason for his departure was medical treatment in a Paris hospital for his heart condition, but Anatoly Sobchak never checked in at the hospital.
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On 17 February 2000, Putin met with Anatoly Sobchak and urged him to travel to Kaliningrad to support his election campaign.
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Anatoly Sobchak traveled there, accompanied by two assistants who served as his bodyguards.
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On 20 February 2000, Anatoly Sobchak died suddenly in the town of Svetlogorsk of the Kaliningrad Oblast.