On 20 November 1998 Galina Starovoitova was murdered in St. Petersburg. Galina Vasilyevna Starovoitova (17 May 1946, in Chelyabinsk – 20 November 1998, in St Petersburg) was an academic known for her work on ethnography and a politician who worked to promote democratic reforms in Russia. She was shot to death in her apartment building.
Source: ‘Galina Starovoytova,’ Wikipedia
