Anton Nikolayevich Gubankov (; 29 January 1965 – 25 December 2016) was a Russian journalist and civil servant. He worked as a television journalist until 2013. He served as the Director of the Department of Culture in the

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from 2013 to 2016. In this role Gubankov popularised the term "

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" (вежливые люди) referring to the unmarked Russian soldiers during the

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.Russian plane crash: The victims

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(27 December 2016) He died in the

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when he was on his route to Syria with 63 members of the

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with its director

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and 27 others which killed all 92 passengers on board, including Anton. Gubankov graduated from the French Department of the Philology Faculty of

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in 1987.

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1965 births 2016 deaths Mass media people from Saint Petersburg Russian television journalists Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Russia Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class Recipients of the Medal of Zhukov Russian male journalists Burials at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery {{Russia-bio-stub Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2016