Yuri Nikolaevich Voronov (, 8 May 1941 – 11 September 1995) was a politician and academic from
Abkhazia
Abkhazia, officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a List of states with limited recognition, partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia. It cover ...
who was murdered in front of his apartment on the night of 11 September 1995. At the time of his death, he was Vice Premier and a member of the Abkhazian Supreme Soviet.
Early life and career
Yuri Voronov was born on 8 May 1941 in
Tsebelda, in the
Gulripshi District
Gulripshi District ( ka, გულრიფშის რაიონი, ) is a district of Abkhazia, one of Georgia’s breakaway republics. It corresponds to the eponymous Georgian district. Its capital is Gulripshi, the town by the same name. ...
of the
Abkhazian ASSR
The Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as Abkhaz ASSR, was an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union within the Georgian SSR. It came into existence in February 1931, when the Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia (SSR A ...
.
References
People from Gulripshi District
Assassinated Abkhazian politicians
1995 deaths
1941 births
Vice premiers of Abkhazia
1st convocation of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia
People murdered in Georgia (country)
Caucasologists
1995 murders in Georgia (country)
Politicians assassinated in 1995
Asian politicians assassinated in the 1990s
European politicians assassinated in the 1990s
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