Bagrat Shinkuba, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bagrat Shinkuba

Abkhazian writer and politician

Date of Birth: 12-May-1917

Place of Birth: Chlou (village), Ochamchira District, Georgia

Date of Death: 25-Feb-2004

Profession: writer, poet, politician, historian, author, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Bagrat Shinkuba

  • Bagrat Uasyl-ipa Shinkuba (Abkhazian: ?????? ?????-??? ????????; Russian: ?????? ?????????? ???????; 12 May 1917 in Chlou, Ochamchira District, Sukhum Okrug, Kutais Governorate – 25 February 2004) was an Abkhaz writer, poet, historian, linguist and politician.
  • He studied history and languages of Abkhaz, Adyghe and Ubykh people.
  • His novel The Last of the Departed is dedicated to the tragic destiny of Ubykh nation, which became extinct along a hundred of years. In 1958—1978 he was the Chairman of the Supreme Council Presidium of the Abkhaz ASSR. According to Jumber Patiashvili, in 1947 Shinkuba sent a letter "to Kremlin, requesting from Stalin and Beria separation of Abkhazia from Georgia and awarding it the status of an independent republic."

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