About Bagrat Shinkuba
Lived 1917 – 2004 (aged 86). Bagrat Shinkuba was a Russian linguist, historian, writer, poet and politician.
Bagrat Uasyl-ipa Shinkuba (12 May 1917 – 25 February 2004) was an Abkhaz writer, poet, historian, linguist and politician. He studied history and languages of Abkhaz, Adyghe and Ubykh people. A prolific poet, Bagrat Shinkuba published First Songs, his first volume of poetry in 1935.
From 1953 to 1958, he was chair of the Writer's Union of Abkhazia. From 1958 to 1978 he was the Chairman of the Supreme Council Presidium of the Abkhaz ASSR.
Works Bagrat Shinkuba. The Last of the Departed on Adyghe Library Иалкаау иоымтакуа, т. 1–2, Akya, 1967–68; в рус. пер. — Избранное. [Предисл. К. Симонова], М., 1976.
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Who was Bagrat Shinkuba?
Abkhazian writer and politician (1917–2004)
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Bagrat Shinkuba was born on 12 May 1917 in Chlou.
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Bagrat Shinkuba died on 25 February 2004 in Sokhumi.
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Bagrat Shinkuba was a linguist, historian, writer, poet and politician.
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Bagrat Shinkuba was Russian.
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