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Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov [b] (8 January 1902 [ O.S. 26 December 1901] [1] – 14 January 1988) [2] was a Soviet politician who briefly succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union after his death in March 1953. After one week, Malenkov was forced to give up control of the party apparatus, but continued to serve as premier.
Jul 26, 2023 · On September 7, 1978, around 1.30 pm, Bulgarian BBC broadcaster Georgi Markov was casually waiting on Waterloo Bridge for a bus when he felt a sharp jab in the back of his right thigh, and from...
May 4, 2021 · Georgi Markov was a famous author and playwright in Bulgaria. (Supplied: VISNEWS) Nearby, a man was holding what appeared to be an everyday object — an umbrella.
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Sep 20, 2016 · In September 1978, Bulgarian dissident and journalist Georgi Markov was killed with a poisoned umbrella in London. The doctor who tried to save his life recalls what happened.
Georgi Ivanov Markov ( Bulgarian: Георги Иванов Марков [ɡɛˈɔrɡi ˈmarkov]; 1 March 1929 – 11 September 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident writer. He originally worked as a novelist, screenwriter and playwright in his native country, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, until his defection in 1969.
Mar 21, 2023 · In one of the most audacious killings of the Cold War, Georgi Markov was killed after being injected with a poison-filled pellet using an umbrella at a bus stop in London in 1978 Image: picture...
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Jan 18, 2023 · In 1978, Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov was murdered on Waterloo Bridge by an unknown assassin. The brazen attack in central London, Markov’s public profile and the alleged use of an exotic spy gadget (a poison umbrella) made the murder one of the Cold War’s most infamous cases of political assassination.
