Aleksandr Totoonov

Aleksander Borisovich Totoonov (; born on 3 April 1957), is a Russian politician who had served as the member of the Federation Council - a representative from the legislative authority of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania.

Biography

Aleksandr Totoonov was born on 3 April 1957, in the city of Ordzhonikidze (present-day Vladikavkaz) of the North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union. He graduated from the philological faculty of the North Ossetian State University and postgraduate studies at Moscow State University. He is a candidate in Economic Sciences,

Labor activity

Totoonov is known as the initiator, organizer and active participant of many large socially significant and charitable projects.

Totoonov was the Head of the Board of Trustees of the International Piano Competition Chopin, was a member of the directorate of the International Youth Piano Competition. S. V. Rachmaninov, was a member of the organizing committee of the Moscow Easter Festival, organizationally and financially contributing to these large-scale events.

For many years, Totoonov has been supporting orphanages in North and South Ossetia, as well as children who suffered as a result of the terrorist act in the city of Beslan, and the residents of South Ossetia who suffered from the Russo-Georgian War 2008. At the initiative and direct assistance of Totoonov, the requiem concerts “Beslan ... One Year Later” (Moscow, 5 September 2005) and “Beslan ... Two Years Later” (Vladikavkaz, 3 September 2006) were organized. In September 2006, in Strasbourg (France) at the Palace of Music, an action dedicated to the memory of the victims of Beslan was held and was designed to draw the attention of the general public and EU politicians to the topic of joining efforts in countering terrorism. The initiator and organizer of the event was Totoonov.

In 2008, with his direct participation, an action was held in Japan dedicated to the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and designed to unite all who stand in solidarity with the victims of the Hiroshima and Beslan tragedies. Partnership and friendly relations developed between Beslan and Hiroshima.