Viktor Mikhailovich Reznikov (; 9 May 1952 in

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– 25 February 1992 in

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and the Soviet-American group "SUS".Archived
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Death

On 22 February 1992 Reznikov crashed his car while driving his car to take his daughter Anna to his mother. Anna was not injured. The accident occurred in front of the composer's mother, who stood on the other side of the street. Reznikov spent two days at the Military Medical Academy in St. Petersburg, and died on 25 February. He was buried at a Komarovskoye cemetery in the suburbs of St. Petersburg.

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