Bagrat Shinkuba
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.
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Bagrat Shinkuba

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- Name
- Bagrat Shinkuba
- Born
- 12 May 1917
- Died
- 25 February 2004
- Birthplace
- Chlou, Ochamchira District, Sukhum Okrug, Kutais Governorate, Imperial Russia
- Place of death
- Sukhum, Republic of Georgia
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Democratic Republic of Georgia · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- linguist · historian · writer · poet · politician
- Education
- Abkhazian State University
- Honours
- Order of Lenin · Hero of Socialist Labour · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Order of Honour and Glory · Order of Friendship of Peoples · Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
- Languages
- Russian
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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.
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His novel The Last of the Departed is dedicated to the tragic destiny of Ubykh nation, which became extinct along a hundred of years.[1][2] 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. • Illustration — Reverse side of a 10 apsar commemorative coin minted in 2009 featuring Bagrat Shinkuba
Bagrat Shinkuba studied at Abkhazian State University. The recorded working language is Russian. Positions recorded include deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union and people's deputy of union of socialist soviet republics. Distinctions recorded are Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Order of Honour and Glory.

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• Name — Bagrat Shinkuba • Notable Works — Chanta's Arrival (1968) The Last of the Departed (1974) • Native Name — Баграҭ Уасыл-иҧа Шьынқәба • Born — 12 May 1917 • Died — 25 February 2004 • Birthplace — Chlou, Ochamchira District, Sukhum Okrug, Kutais Governorate, Imperial Russia • Place of death — Sukhum, Republic of Georgia
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• 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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Bagrat Shinkuba is recorded as linguist, historian, writer, poet and politician.
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1917
Bagrat Shinkuba born at Chlou.
2004
Bagrat Shinkuba died at Sokhumi.
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- Philosophical Lyrics of Bagrat Shinkuba in Russian Translation, Abkhazia in Russian Literature of the 19th — 20th Centuries: in 3 vols. Vol. 2, 2023
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- Vadim Kozhinov and Bagrat Shinkuba. Creative Friendship, Abkhazia in Russian Literature of the 19th — 20th Centuries: in 3 vols. Vol. 2, 2023
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- “Bagrat Shinkuba”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Bagrat Shinkuba Abkhazian writer and political figure Britannica. www.britannica.com.
- 2.The Abkhazians : a handbook. 2013. 978-1-136-80212-6.
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- Цвинариа В. Л., Творчество Б. В. Шинкуба, Тб., 1970 (in Russian).
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Philosophical Lyrics of Bagrat Shinkuba in Russian Translation, Abkhazia in Russian Literature of the 19th — 20th Centuries: in 3 vols. Vol. 2, 2023Crossref registry
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Bagrat Shinkuba received Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Honour and Glory, Order of Friendship of Peoples and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
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