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Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak (, August 10, 1937—February 20, 2000) was a Russia politician, a co-author of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the first democratically-elected mayor of Saint Petersburg, and a mentor and teacher of both Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. Anatoly Sobchak was born in Chita, Siberia, on August 10, 1937 into a Polish-Russian family. His father, Alexander Antonovich, was a railroad engineer and his mother, Nadezhda Andreyevna Litvinova, was an accountant. Anatoly was one of four brothers. In 1939, the family moved to Uzbekistan where Anatoly lived until 1953 before entering 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 a daughter, Maria Sobchak, who is currently a Petersburg lawyer. After graduating from Leningrad State University he worked for three years as a lawyer in Stavropol, then returned to Leningrad State University... full article at wikipedia
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