Anton Nossik

Anton Nossik
Born
Anton Borisovich Nossik

(1966-07-04)July 4, 1966
Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia
DiedJuly 9, 2017(2017-07-09) (aged 51)
Pirogovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia
NationalityRussian
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Anton Borisovich Nossik (Russian: Анто́н Бори́сович Но́сик; July 4, 1966 – July 9, 2017) was a Jewish-Russian start-up manager, journalist, social activist and popular Russian blogger (10th place in RuNet according to Yandex).[1]

Sometimes he is called one of the fathers of the Russian Internet[2]or the first Russian-language blogger in the history.[3] He was editor of the largest online news publications Vesti.ru, Lenta.ru,[4] Gazeta.ru and NEWSru.com.

Nossik died from a heart attack at the night of 9 July 2017 near Moscow at the age of 51.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Рейтинг блогов рунета
  2. ↑ Носик, отец рунета (26): Яндекс. Новости
  3. ↑ "ANTON NOSSIK. Russia's First Blogger Reacts to Putin's Internet Crackdown". newrepublic.com.
  4. ↑ Пост главного редактора «Ленты.ру» занимал вплоть до 2004 года
  5. ↑ "Godfather' of Russian Internet Nossik Dies of Heart Attack". The Moscow Times. 9 July 2017.