title: Ricin and the assassination of Georgi Markov.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the dead reasons of Georgi Markov. Georgi Markov, a well known Bulgarian novelist and playwright, dissident of the communist regime in his country, escaped to England where, he dedicated himself in broadcasting from BBC World Service, the Radio Free Europe and the German Deutsche Welle against the communist party and especially against its leader Todor Zhivkov who in a party's meeting told that he wanted Markov silenced for ever. On the 7th September 1978 Markov received a deadly dose of the poison ricin by injection to his thigh by a specially modified umbrella. He died without a final diagnosis a few days later. The autopsy revealed the poisoning. The murderer, in spite of the efforts of the Police, Interpol and Diplomacy still remains unknown.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life, University of Peloponnese, Greece.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Papaloucas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Papaloucas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stergioulas
mesh_terms: D002031:Bulgaria; D003148:Communism / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006708:Homicide / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D012276:Ricin / Q000266:history* / Q000506:poisoning
chemical_list: D012276:Ricin