Liä Şakirova

Liya Zakirovna Shakirova (; 9 February 1921 – 29 July 2015) was a Soviet and Russian linguist, professor of pedagogical science and teacher-methodologist. She worked at Kazan State Pedagogical Institute from 1948 until her retirement in 2003 and authored approximately 420 scientific articles that included textbooks on Russian language teaching methology, teaching methods and manuals for students and teachers at universities. Shakirova received the Order of Lenin, the Medal "Veteran of Labour" and the Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" in her lifetime.

Biography On 9 February 1921, Shakirova was born in the Russian city of Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan. Shakirova graduated from high school in Ufa in 1939, She served in a military unit of the Red Army in 1942. Shakirova became a doctor of Pedagogical Sciences and was appointed a professor the following year. Shakirova was a member of the editorial board of the Russian Language in the National School journal from 1962 to 1972, was on the Council of Mektebe between 1965 and 1990, chair of the Kazan Zonal Association of Russian Language Departments of Pedagogical Institutes from 1965 to 1985 and was a member of the Scientific and Methodological Council on the Russian language under the Ministry of Education USSR between 1967 and 1987.