Bagrat Schinkuba
Bagrat Schin Cuba ( Abkhaz Баграт Уасыл-иҧа Шьынқәба ; Russian Баграт Васильевич Шинкуба * 12. May 1917 in Tschlou ; † 25. February 2004 in Sukhum ) was a Soviet - Abkhaz writer, poet, linguist, historian and politician.
Life
Bagrat Schinkuba was born in the Abkhazian village of Chlou . He studied at the Sukhumi Pedagogical Institute until 1939 . He then worked as a writer, historian and linguist and was also active in politics. He joined the CPSU in 1946 . From 1950 he published his first novels.
He also researched, among other things, the history and languages of the Northwest Caucasian peoples , which include the Abkhazians , Circassians , Abasins and the Ubyches , which perished in the 20th century . From the beginning he was also active as a writer. In his novel In the Sign of the Crescent, he set a literary monument to the fate of the Ubychen .
From 1958 to 1979 he was chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Abkhaz ASSR .
Schinkuba has received several awards in the Soviet Union. He received the Order of Lenin twice , and in 1987 he was also awarded the honorary title of Hero of Socialist Labor .
Works
- In the sign of the crescent moon . Roman (original title: Poslednij iz ušedšich, translated by Hans-Joachim Lambrecht). Rütten & Loening, Berlin 1981, DNB 820224316 . http://d-nb.info/820224316
Web links
- Article Bagrat Schinkuba in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
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| SURNAME | Schinkuba, Bagrat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Шьынқәба, Баграт Уасыл-иҧа (Abkhazian); Шинкуба, Баграт Васильевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet-Abkhazian writer, poet, linguist, historian and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tschlou , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 2004 |
| Place of death | Sukhum |