Ilya Borisovich Zbarsky (; 8 November 1913 – 9 November 2007) was a Soviet and Russian biochemist who served as the head of Lenin's Mausoleum from 1956 to 1989. He was appointed as Advisor at the Direction of the Institute in 1989 due to his age. He was the son of Boris Zbarsky, who helped mummify Lenin's body in 1924. Zbarsky was a member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. With Samuel Hutchinson, he was the author of the book ''Lenin's Embalmers''. He died on 9 November 2007, in Moscow.

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Ilya Borisovich Zbarsky biography

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1913 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Russian chemists People from Kamianets-Podilskyi Academicians of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Academicians of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences Moscow State University alumni Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Molecular biologists Russian biochemists Russian Jews Soviet biochemists Soviet Jews {{Russia-scientist-stub