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The Russian language has a large number of euphemisms and synonyms for the verb "to die".
In the satirical picaresque novel Twelve Chairs by Ilf and Petrov the coffinmaker Bezenchuk gives Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobyaninov the following classification of references to death depending on the persona of the deceased. Below is the table "Deceased persona / Russian term / Translation by Anne O. Fisher, 2011 [8] / Translation by John H.C. Richardson, 1973 [9] ":
Since 1999, Vladimir Putin has continuously served as either President or Prime Minister of Russia.