Yuri Borisovich Levitan (Russian: Юрий Борисович Левитан) (2 October 1914 - 4 August 1983) was a Soviet radio announcer famous for his wartime reports of the battles on Radio Moscow, which usually began with "Attention, Moscow is speaking!" (Russian: Внимание, говорит Москва! or Vnimanie, govorit Moskva!). During World War II, Levitan announced battlefield victories, air raid warnings, and the surrender of Germany to the Soviets on 9 May 1945. He also announced the first public acknowledgment of Joseph Stalin's death in March 1953, and the first manned space flight. His voice was instantly recognizable by the Soviet public.