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- Yegor K. Ligachev, a prominent Soviet Communist Party official, died May 7, 2021, in Moscow at age 100.
- His death was initially reported by local media and only recently drew wider attention.
- Ligachev served as Mikhail Gorbachev's top deputy and was a Politburo member during the late 1980s reforms.
- He advocated for a form of democracy he termed "socialist democracy," shaping his complex legacy in the Communist Party.
