The Chancellery of the Head of the Imperial House of Russia, H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, is greatly saddened to announce the death on December 8, 2020, due to complications from the coronavirus, of Marshal Evgenii Ivanovich Shaposhnikov, the last Defense Minister of the USSR.  He was 79 years old.  (For his biography, see, in Russian, http://encyclopedia.mil.ru; and, in English, wiki.)

The Head of the Imperial House of Russia, H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, and her son and heir, H.I.H. The Tsesarevich and Grand Duke George of Russia, extend their deepest sympathies to Marshal Shaposhnikov’s family and friends.

May the Lord grant eternal rest to the soul of His newly-reposed servant Evgenii in His heavenly abode.

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