Artem or Artyom Mikhaylovich Tarasov was born on July 4, 1950, Moscow and died on July 22, 2017.

He was a Russian businessman and political activist of Armenian descent.

During 1989, he became the first officially declared millionaire in the USSR.

He was a descendent of a well-known family of Armenian traders.

He died from pneumonia.

Artyom Tarasov passed away at 67 years old.