Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (Russian: Влади́мир Во́льфович Жирино́вский) (born Vladimir Volfovich Eidelstein; 25 April 1946 – 6 April 2022) was a Russian politician, lawyer and a colonel in the Soviet Army and later the Russian Army.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Владимир Жириновский
Official State Duma portrait
Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
In office 19 April 1991 – 6 April 2022
Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party group in the State Duma
In office 21 December 2011 – 6 April 2022
Preceded by	Igor Lebedev
In office 12 December 1993 – 18 January 2000
Succeeded by	Igor Lebedev
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma from Liberal Democratic Party
In office 18 January 2000 – 21 December 2011
Succeeded by	Igor Lebedev
Member of the State Duma
In office 12 December 1993 – 6 April 2022
Constituency	Shchyolkovsky (1993–95) Federal party list (1995–2022)
Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union
In office April 1991 – 1992
Personal details
Born	Vladimir Volfovich Eidelstein (1946-04-25)25 April 1946 Alma Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Died	6 April 2022(2022-04-06) (aged 75) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
Spouse(s)	Galina Lebedeva ​ ​ (m. 1971; div. 1978)​
Children	Igor Lebedev Oleg Gazdarov Anastasia Petrova
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer
Awards	Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (Russia, 2nd, 3rd, 4th class) Order of Alexander Nevsky (Russia, 2015) Order of Honour (Russia, 2008)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union Russian Federation
Rank	Colonel

Works

He was the founder and Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR). He was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.^[1][2][3][4] He was partly of Jewish descent (his father was Jewish).^[5] He was the Liberal Democratic presidential candidate in 1991, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018.

Zhironovsky was extremely racist^[6][7] and sexist.^[8][9]

2021 speech

Zhirinovsky predicted in a speech on December 27 2021, the exact date when the Russian military invaded eastern Ukraine. He said "At 4 a.m. on February 22, you will feel [our new policy]. I would like 2022 to be a peaceful year. But I love the truth, for 70 years I have been telling the truth. It will not be peaceful. It will be a year when Russia becomes great again."^[10]

Death

In February 2022, Zhirinovsky was hospitalized in Moscow with COVID-19.^[11][12] A month later, it was reported he was being treated for COVID-related problems such as sepsis and respiratory failure.^[13][14]

Zhirinovsky died from problems caused by the virus on 6 April 2022, aged 75.^[15][16]