Galina Vasilyevna Starovoitova was a Russian politician and ethnographer known for her work to protect ethnic minorities and promote democratic reforms in Russia. She was shot to death in her apartment building in 1998. Wikipedia
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Galina Vasilievna Starovoitova, one of the best-known women in Russian politics, was murdered on Friday 20 November 1998, shot in the stairwell of a St Petersburg apartment. www.geocities.com/Athens/2533/galina.html
About 10,000 people paid their final respects to Galina Starovoitova . The line was so long that her funeral was delayed so every mourner could have a chance to pass by her casket. www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9811/24/russia.funeral/