Anton Gubankov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Anton Gubankov

Russian journalist

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1965

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 25-Dec-2016

Profession: television presenter, journalist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Anton Gubankov

  • Anton Nikolayevich Gubankov (Russian: ????? ?????????? ????????; 29 January 1965 – 25 December 2016) was a Russian journalist and civil servant.
  • He worked as a television journalist until 2013.
  • He served as the Director of the Department of Culture in the Russian Ministry of Defence from 2013 to 2016.
  • In this role Gubankov popularised the term Polite People (referring to the unmarked Russian soldiers during the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea).
  • He died in the 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash when he was on his route to Syria with 63 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble with its director Valery Khalilov and 27 others which killed all 92 passenger onboard including Anton.

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