Official photography of Anatoly Sobchack as Mayor of Saint Petersburg

Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak (Russian: Анатолий Александрович Собчак, August 10, 1937 - February 20, 2000) was a Russian politician, co-author of Constitution of the Russian Federation, first democratically-elected Mayor of Saint-Petersburg and mentor of Vladimir Putin. Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... The Neva river has been called the main street of St Petersburg Saint Petersburg   listen? (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at... Term of office: December 31, 1999 – Preceded by: Boris Yeltsin Succeeded by: Date of birth: October 7, 1952 Place of birth: Leningrad First Lady: Liudmila Putina Political party: None Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин   pronunciation?; born October 7, 1952) is a Russian politician and the current President of the Russian Federation. ...

Biography

Soviet law scholar

Anatoly Sobchak was born in Chita, Russia on August 10, 1937. His father Alexander Antonovich was a railroad engineer and his mother Nadezhda Andreevna Litvinova was an accountant. Anatoly was one of four brothers. In 1939 the family moved to Uzbekistan there Anatoly lived until 1953 then he entered Stavropol Law College. In 1954 he was transferred to Leningrad State University. In 1958 he married Nonna Gandzyuk a student of Hertzen teacher's college. They had daughter Maria Sobchak who is currently a Petersburg lawyer. Chita (Russian: Чита́) is a city in Russia, and functions as the administrative center of Chita Oblast in eastern Siberia. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... An engineer is someone who practices the engineering profession; a professional practitioner of engineering; someone who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems and produce goods for society. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Russia-related stubs | Universities and colleges in Russia | Saint Petersburg ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alexander Herzen in 1867 Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen (Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Ге́рцен) (April 6, 1812 - January 21, 1870) was a major Russian pro-Western writer and thinker known as the father of Russian socialism. He is held responsible for creating a political climate leading to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. ...

After graduating from Leningrad State University he worked for three years as a lawyer in Stavropol, then returned to Leningrad State University for graduate studies (1962 - 1965). After obtaining his Ph.D. he taught law at Leningrad police school and Leningrad institute for technology of cellulose and paper industries (1965-1973). In 1973 - 1990 he taught at Leningrad State University. In 1980 he married Lyudmila Narusova at that time a history student at Leningrad Academy of Soviet Culture later a prominent MP. They had a daughter Ksenia Sobchak, currently a TV presenter and the most notorious figure of Moscow's high society. Stavropol (Ста́врополь) is a city located in southwestern Russia. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

Since 1982 after obtaining his D.Sci he was a Professor and Head of Department for Common Law in Socialist Economics. He was very popular among law students especially for his mildly anti-government comments. During his work at Leningrad State University he established close relations with its administrator of international affairs Vladimir Putin, that he kept for the rest of his life. 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Term of office: December 31, 1999 – Preceded by: Boris Yeltsin Succeeded by: Date of birth: October 7, 1952 Place of birth: Leningrad First Lady: Liudmila Putina Political party: None Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин   pronunciation?; born October 7, 1952) is a Russian politician and the current President of the Russian Federation. ...

Legislator

In 1989 after changing of Russian election laws in Perestroika time he was elected as an independent candidate into the Congress of People's Deputies of Soviet Union. He was one of only a few deputes who had legal background so he contributed enormously into most of the laws created during 1989-1991. He became one of the founders and a co-chairman of Inter-regional Deputies Group, the other two co-chairmen were Andrei Sakharov and Boris Eltsin. He also was a chairman of the Parliamentary commission on investigation of events of April 9, 1989 in Tbilissi. The commission condemned the military who caused many deaths during dispersing demonstrators and so made quite difficult to use military power against civil unrests in Soviet Union and Russia. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Perestroika  listen? (Перестро́йка) is the Russian word (which passed into English) for the economic reforms introduced in June 1987 by the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. ... The Congress of Soviets was the supreme governing body of the RSFSR and the USSR in two periods, from 1917 to 1936 and from 1989 to 1991. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Andrei Sakharov, 1943 Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (Андре́й Дми́триевич Са́харов, May 21, 1921 – December 14, 1989), was an eminent Soviet-Russian nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist. ... Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (b. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... View of Tiflis from the Grounds of Saint David Church, ca. ...

He was a member of President's Consultative Counsel during Mikhail Gorbachev's time and contributed into legislation the came from presidential administration. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov (Gorbachev)   listen? (Russian: ; pronunciation: ) (born March 2, 1931), was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. ...

After disbanding of the Soviet Union in 1991 Sobchak was not a member of central Parliament, but was a member of Eltsin's Presidential Consuel and the chairman of Constitutional Assembly, that prepared in 1993 the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The constitution is often informally called Sobchak's constitution, although its real authors have been somewhat less known. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Mayor of Saint Petersburg

In April 1990 Sobchak was elected a deputy at Leningrad City Council, in May he became the chairman of the Council. The Council decided to change the structure of the city governance so to have a Mayor elected by direct elections. The first of such elections in June 1991 were combined with the referendum on the city name. Anatoly Sobchak won the elections and the city voted to return to the historical name Saint Petersburg. The name change was established on one of the last sessions of Congress of People's Deputies of Soviet Union September 12, 1991. The change required amendment of Constitution of Soviet Union and so took a lot of efforts from Sobchak to be passed. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... The Congress of Soviets was the supreme governing body of the RSFSR and the USSR in two periods, from 1917 to 1936 and from 1989 to 1991. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sobchak was Mayor of Saint Petersburg in 1991-1996. During his tenure the city became the place of glamourus cultural and sporting events. Most of the everyday control of the city structure were handled by two Mayor's deputies - Vladimir Yakovlev and Vladimir Putin. The critiques alleged deterioration of city infrastructure, growing corruption and crime. Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Term of office: December 31, 1999 – Preceded by: Boris Yeltsin Succeeded by: Date of birth: October 7, 1952 Place of birth: Leningrad First Lady: Liudmila Putina Political party: None Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин   pronunciation?; born October 7, 1952) is a Russian politician and the current President of the Russian Federation. ...

In 1996 on the mayoral election Sobchak stand against his former first deputy Vladimir Yakovlev and lost by a margin of 1.2%. The major pitch of the Yakovlev's campaign was that Sobchak's patronage of the art (with city money) and involvement into federal politics prevented him from solving the real problems of the city . 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Emigration and Return

In 1997 a criminal investigation started against Sobchack. He was accused of irregularities in privatization of his own apartment, his older daughter's apartment and his wife artistic studio. By the standards of 1990's in Russia the allegations were relatively minor (although still the alleged losses for city finances were in tens of thousands dollars). Thus, Sobchak's supporters saw the criminal process as a political repression. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On November 7, 1997 Sobchak flew to Paris on a private plane without passport control on the Russian side. The formal reason for his departue was a hospital treatment in a Paris hospital for his heart conditions, but his critics alleged that Sobchak never checked in to the hospital. In 1997 - 1999 he lived a typical life of a political immigrant in Paris. November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

In June 1999 his friend Vladimir Putin became much stronger (in a few weeks he became the Prime Minister of Russia) and he became able to make the prosecutor's to drop the charges against Anatoly Sobchak. On June 12, 1999 Sobchak returned to Russia. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Term of office: December 31, 1999 – Preceded by: Boris Yeltsin Succeeded by: Date of birth: October 7, 1952 Place of birth: Leningrad First Lady: Liudmila Putina Political party: None Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин   pronunciation?; born October 7, 1952) is a Russian politician and the current President of the Russian Federation. ... A prime minister may be either: the chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

After his return Sobchak became a very active supporter of Vladimir Putin in his quest to presidency of Russia. On February 20, 2000 Sobchak died in town Svetlogorsk of Kaliningrad region during his trip to support Putin's election. The official cause of death was a heart attack caused by an overdose of viagra, but there were unsubstaniated rumors about poisoning. February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Svetlogorsk (Светлогорск) (before 1945, known by its German name, Rauschen) is a town on the coast of the Baltic Sea in Russias Kaliningrad Oblast, the northern part of former East Prussia. ... Locator map on an international level map of Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad ( Russian: Калининград, German: Königsberg, Polish: Królewiec, Lithuanian Karaliaučius ), seaport city, capital and main city of the Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania with access to the Baltic Sea. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... Sildenafil citrate, sold under the name Viagra, is a drug used to treat male erectile dysfunction (impotence), developed by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. ...

He was interred in Tikhvin Cemetery at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, St. Petersburg, Russia. Tikhvin Cemetery (Тихвинское кладбище) is located at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, in St. ... View of the monastery in the early 19th century Alexander Nevsky Monastery was founded by Peter the Great in 1710 at the southern end of the Nevsky Prospect in St Petersburg to house the relics of Alexander Nevsky, patron saint of the newly-founded Russian capital. ... Saint Petersburg  listen (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of...

External links

• Official site of Anatoly Sobchak
• http://www.nns.ru/persons/sobchak.html
• Boris Vishnevsky Anatoly Sobchak: Triumph and Tragedy
• Yuriy Shutov Sobchak's heart: Memoir of his assistant - strongly anti-Sobchak's book.